{"id":210,"date":"2023-03-20T14:54:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T23:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/?p=210"},"modified":"2023-09-19T14:47:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T23:47:40","slug":"episode-6-how-ahrefs-saved-us400m-in-3-years-by-not-going-to-the-cloud-aws-lays-off-another-9000-kubernetes-cloud-native-operations-survey-listener-feedback-from-the-podcast-and-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/?p=210","title":{"rendered":"Episode 6 &#8211; How Ahrefs Saved US$400M in 3 Years by NOT Going to the Cloud, AWS lays off another 9,000, Kubernetes &#038; cloud native operations survey, Listener feedback from the podcast and Youtube"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_952\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-210-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/oci-006-How-Ahrefs-Saved-US400M-in-3-Years-by-NOT-Going-to-the-Cloud-AWS-lays-off-another-9000-Kubernetes-cloud-native-operations-survey-Listener-feedback-from-the-podcast-and-Youtube.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/oci-006-How-Ahrefs-Saved-US400M-in-3-Years-by-NOT-Going-to-the-Cloud-AWS-lays-off-another-9000-Kubernetes-cloud-native-operations-survey-Listener-feedback-from-the-podcast-and-Youtube.mp3\">https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/oci-006-How-Ahrefs-Saved-US400M-in-3-Years-by-NOT-Going-to-the-Cloud-AWS-lays-off-another-9000-Kubernetes-cloud-native-operations-survey-Listener-feedback-from-the-podcast-and-Youtube.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/oci-006-How-Ahrefs-Saved-US400M-in-3-Years-by-NOT-Going-to-the-Cloud-AWS-lays-off-another-9000-Kubernetes-cloud-native-operations-survey-Listener-feedback-from-the-podcast-and-Youtube.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/?powerpress_pinw=210-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/oci-006-How-Ahrefs-Saved-US400M-in-3-Years-by-NOT-Going-to-the-Cloud-AWS-lays-off-another-9000-Kubernetes-cloud-native-operations-survey-Listener-feedback-from-the-podcast-and-Youtube.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"oci-006-How-Ahrefs-Saved-US400M-in-3-Years-by-NOT-Going-to-the-Cloud-AWS-lays-off-another-9000-Kubernetes-cloud-native-operations-survey-Listener-feedback-from-the-podcast-and-Youtube.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('210-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_210-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_210-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;div class=&quot;powerpress_player&quot; id=&quot;powerpress_player_953&quot;&gt;&lt;audio class=&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot; id=&quot;audio-210-2&quot; preload=&quot;none&quot; style=&quot;width: 100%;&quot; controls=&quot;controls&quot;&gt;&lt;source type=&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/oci-006-How-Ahrefs-Saved-US400M-in-3-Years-by-NOT-Going-to-the-Cloud-AWS-lays-off-another-9000-Kubernetes-cloud-native-operations-survey-Listener-feedback-from-the-podcast-and-Youtube.mp3?_=2&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/oci-006-How-Ahrefs-Saved-US400M-in-3-Years-by-NOT-Going-to-the-Cloud-AWS-lays-off-another-9000-Kubernetes-cloud-native-operations-survey-Listener-feedback-from-the-podcast-and-Youtube.mp3&quot;&gt;https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/oci-006-How-Ahrefs-Saved-US400M-in-3-Years-by-NOT-Going-to-the-Cloud-AWS-lays-off-another-9000-Kubernetes-cloud-native-operations-survey-Listener-feedback-from-the-podcast-and-Youtube.mp3&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/audio&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How Ahrefs Saved US$400M in 3 Years by NOT Going to the Cloud<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AWS lays off another 9,000&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kubernetes &amp; cloud native operations survey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Listener feedback from the podcast and Youtube<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How Ahrefs Saved US$400M in 3 Years by NOT Going to the Cloud <\/strong><br>37Signal wasn&#8217;t the first company to complain about the very high cost of cloud and they won\u2019t be the last. Case in point this week is Singaporean company Ahrefs, coming with a real banger and stating that they \u201csaved\u201d $400M in expenses by NOT going to the cloud.<br><br><strong>AWS lays off another 9,000<\/strong><br>The recent mass layoffs in the industry make for a better scenario to hire cloud talent. Behemoth Amazon, employing about 1.6M people in 2022 will add over 9000 people to that talent pool shortly. CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday that as part \u201cof the second phase of our operating plan (\u201cOP2\u201d) this past week, I\u2019m writing to share that we intend to eliminate about 9,000 more positions in the next few weeks\u2014mostly in AWS, PXT, Advertising, and Twitch.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kubernetes &amp; cloud native operations survey<\/strong><br>Admit it, you\u2019ve tried to buy a Raspberry Pi4 now for a long time and have given up. Playing the lottery might be a winning strategy here, so why don\u2019t you try entering the Kubernetes &amp; cloud native operations survey.<br><br><strong>Links<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/tech.ahrefs.com\/how-ahrefs-saved-us-400m-in-3-years-by-not-going-to-the-cloud-8939dd930af8\">https:\/\/tech.ahrefs.com\/how-ahrefs-saved-us-400m-in-3-years-by-not-going-to-the-cloud-8939dd930af8<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/krzty8pox19.typeform.com\/to\/gAftOg2f\">Survey Link &#8211; Click Here<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/devops\/state-of-devops\">https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/devops\/state-of-devops<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Commit Virtual 2021: GitLab and IBM Z DevOps Solutions; CI\/CD Pipeline\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/twbGJPBku5M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Ahrefs Saved US$400M in 3 Years by NOT Going to the Cloud 37Signal wasn&#8217;t the first company to complain about the very high cost of cloud and they won\u2019t be the last. Case in point this week is Singaporean company Ahrefs, coming with a real banger and stating that they \u201csaved\u201d $400M in expenses by NOT going to the cloud. AWS lays off another 9,000The recent mass layoffs in the industry make for a better scenario to hire cloud talent. Behemoth Amazon, employing about 1.6M people in 2022 will add over 9000 people to that talent pool shortly. CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday that as part \u201cof the second phase of our operating plan (\u201cOP2\u201d) this past week, I\u2019m writing to share that we intend to eliminate about 9,000 more positions in the next few weeks\u2014mostly in AWS, PXT, Advertising, and Twitch.&#8221; Kubernetes&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/?p=210\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Episode 6 &#8211; How Ahrefs Saved US$400M in 3 Years by NOT Going to the Cloud, AWS lays off another 9,000, Kubernetes &#038; cloud native operations survey, Listener feedback from the podcast and Youtube<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212,"href":"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siekmann.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}