[HN Gopher] Letter to Myself in Late 2008 (2020)
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       Letter to Myself in Late 2008 (2020)
        
       Author : aresant
       Score  : 55 points
       Date   : 2022-05-19 16:11 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | tejohnso wrote:
       | > startups today can renegotiate their AWS costs by ~50% if they
       | push.
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       | This is bold claim. Can anyone else back this up? Does it apply
       | to other major cloud providers? Does it only apply to startups?
        
         | danielrhodes wrote:
         | For sure. AWS and any other cloud provider will negotiate with
         | you. Obviously the bigger your spend the better leverage you're
         | going to have. What they may ask for though is something like a
         | commitment of 12 months, co-marketing, or something like that.
         | But they would rather keep you on as a customer with a smaller
         | margin and your company survives and grows rather than go to
         | another cloud provider or go under.
        
         | santoshalper wrote:
         | I have little doubt that many companies, including startups
         | could reduce their cloud expense by 50%. I run tech for a big
         | company and we've cut cloud costs extensively over the past few
         | years. That said, I doubt it will mostly come from negotiation.
         | Usually it comes by eliminating and reducing usage of services.
         | Does your test region really need to be 1:1 with production? Do
         | you really need that server that you use twice a week to be
         | running 24/7 etc.
         | 
         | Startups, especially, rarely have the clout or buying power to
         | negotiate meaningfully at a unit-price level.
        
       | slugiscool99 wrote:
       | Dalton is a real G
        
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