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I write about what I have tested at work: what makes applications faster or bills smaller. With figures, sources and what to watch out for.

  1. What EC2-Other means on your AWS bill

    EC2-Other covers EBS volumes, snapshots, NAT gateways and some data transfer. How to break it down in Cost Explorer and cut its biggest parts.

    AWS, Costs

  2. What I check in an AWS cost audit

    Six places where an AWS bill grows without anyone deciding it should, from EC2 sizing to CloudWatch logs. You can see each one yourself in Cost Explorer.

    AWS, Costs

  3. RDS has been charging extra for MySQL 8.0 since August

    Since 1 August 2026 RDS adds an Extended Support charge to MySQL 8.0 databases. What it costs, where it shows on the bill and how to move to 8.4.

    MySQL, AWS, Costs

  4. PostgreSQL 14 support ends on 12 November 2026

    PostgreSQL 14 gets its last fix on 12 November 2026. RDS and Aurora support it until the end of February 2027, then AWS charges for Extended Support by default.

    PostgreSQL, AWS, Costs

  5. OVH raised prices on 1 October, Hetzner in June

    From 1 October an OVH ADVANCE-1 renews 21–41% dearer and Public Cloud bills IPv4 and disk separately. Since June a new Hetzner CCX23 costs €85.99, not €31.49.

    Costs, Hetzner, OVH