{"id":954,"date":"2025-01-23T12:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T03:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=954"},"modified":"2025-01-23T12:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T03:16:09","slug":"return-of-the-frugal-architects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=954","title":{"rendered":"Return of The Frugal Architect(s)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/tfa-header.png\" alt=\"Return of The Frugal Architect(s)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In my twenty years at Amazon, I\u2019ve spoken with hundreds of consumers throughout industries and roles. Their challenges are distinctive, however a typical thread emerges repeatedly: the will to scale back cloud prices whereas sustaining efficiency and driving steady innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Final yr throughout <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UTRBVPvzt9w?si=ANEDX0Dblm3zfIhs&amp;t=878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my re:Invent keynote<\/a>, I launched The Frugal Architect, a set of seven easy legal guidelines for constructing cost-aware, sustainable, and trendy architectures. The response was overwhelming. Builders related deeply with the concept constraints\u2014whether or not bodily or self-imposed\u2014can drive creativity. They drive us to grasp our methods intimately, to problem previous selections, and uncover the small efficiencies that add as much as important financial savings.<\/p>\n<p>As we speak, I\u2019m relaunching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefrugalarchitect.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Frugal Architect<\/a> with expanded content material: sharing the tales of AWS prospects who&#8217;re innovating to optimize their architectures for value and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>Shifting ahead, you\u2019ll discover long-form articles from quite a lot of well-respected architects, in addition to a brand new podcast sequence, which I\u2019m co-hosting with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/simonelisha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simon Elisha<\/a>, a long-time Amazonian and trusted voice within the AWS group.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefrugalarchitect.com\/architects\/dan-conti-wetransfer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first weblog publish and podcast episode can be found right now<\/a>, that includes Dan Conti, former CTO of WeTransfer. Dan shares how his group revisited previous selections to scale back digital waste. And by enhancing observability and questioning legacy selections, they uncovered and addressed inefficiencies\u2014comparable to unused storage and over-provisioned compute assets\u2014that led to important value financial savings and a lowered carbon footprint. Dan reminds us that the journey to cost-efficiency takes time \u2014 and that there&#8217;s a lot of worth in an incremental method.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefrugalarchitect.com\/architects\/dan-conti-wetransfer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/tfa-dan-conti-preview.png\" alt=\"Dan Conti - A journey towards sustainable development at WeTransfer\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption>Accessible November 25, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subsequent week, The Frugal Architect will function Mike Norton, VP of Cloud Applied sciences at PBS. Mike explains how he shifted PBS\u2019s tech operations from fixed firefighting to proactive fireproofing. As a publicly funded group, PBS wanted to make each greenback depend, so Mike\u2019s group re-architected their methods to stability resilience and cost-effectiveness. By transferring to containerized and serverless architectures, they dramatically lowered compute prices whereas doubling streaming visitors, all with out compromising their mission to coach and entertain viewers such as you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefrugalarchitect.com\/architects\/mike-norton-pbs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/tfa-mike-norton-preview.png\" alt=\"Mike Norton - Cost-aware architectures for viewers like you\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption>Accessible December 2, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll decide again up within the new yr with much more tales from modern architects who&#8217;re constructing smarter, extra environment friendly methods within the cloud. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefrugalarchitect.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I invite you to discover the up to date web site<\/a>, dive into these tales, and get impressed by the inventive methods builders are maximizing worth and minimizing waste.<\/p>\n<p>As all the time, Now Go Construct!<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"recommended-content\">Really helpful content material <a href=\"#recommended-content\"\/><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my twenty years at Amazon, I\u2019ve spoken with hundreds of consumers throughout industries and roles. 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