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Category: <span>Cloud Fundamentals</span>

The underlying concepts — accounts, IAM, billing, networking, storage and sizing — that apply regardless of which provider you choose.

Cloud Fundamentals Aug 26, 2026 4 min read

Cloud Egress Costs: The Line Item That Decides Your Provider

Data is cheap to store and expensive to move. For any workload that serves volume, egress is not a line item — it is the decision.

Cloud Fundamentals Aug 23, 2026 5 min read

How to Size vCPU and Memory Without Guessing

Most instances are sized by guesswork and never revisited. Measuring takes an afternoon and usually pays for itself in the first month.

Cloud Fundamentals Aug 20, 2026 4 min read

Block vs Object Storage: Choosing the Right One Saves Real Money

Using block storage where object storage belongs is one of the most common and most expensive cloud mistakes. The distinction is simple once you see it.

Cloud Fundamentals Aug 17, 2026 4 min read

VPC Networking Basics: Subnets, Security Groups and the Private Path

Most cloud security incidents involve something reachable from the internet that did not need to be. VPC design is how you stop that being possible.

Cloud Fundamentals Aug 14, 2026 4 min read

Choosing a Cloud Region: Latency, Residency and the Cost of Getting It Wrong

Region is one of the few decisions that is genuinely expensive to reverse. Latency, price, residency and service availability all vary, and not together.