All posts tagged with aws
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A fast-growing DeFi startup brought us in to harden their stack before a Series A. We found the typical patterns of a team that prioritized shipping over security — exposed credentials in CI, permissive network rules, and a few blockchain-specific gaps. Here's every finding and every fix.
In high-traffic news environments, traffic arrives in seconds and Cluster Autoscaler reacts in minutes. The only way out is to pre-scale before the spike — using the editorial CMS as your signal. Here's the full pattern: CMS webhooks, KEDA, and Karpenter.
We replaced Cluster Autoscaler with Karpenter, moved 80% of workloads to Spot, and implemented scale-to-zero for non-critical services. Monthly bill went from $47K to $14K.
A healthcare SaaS was spending $38K/month on AWS with no idea where the money went. We audited everything, implemented 12 changes, and brought it down to $18K. Here's the full breakdown.