Which Cloud to Use for AI and Machine Learning Work
Hosted models, training platforms and raw GPUs are three different needs. Picking the wrong one wastes money.
Category: Guides
Practical guides on choosing, buying and securing cloud accounts.
How to Choose a Cloud Provider Without Overthinking It
A short decision process that gets to a defensible answer, based on the constraints that actually differ between platforms.
IaaS, PaaS and SaaS: Which Layer You Actually Need
The three service models decide how much of the stack you run yourself. Choosing the wrong layer is an expensive mistake.
Service Quotas: Why a New Account Cannot Launch What You Expect
Every account ships with limits. Here is what they are for, where to find them, and how to get them raised.
Choosing a Cloud Region: Latency, Residency and Cost
Region choice affects speed, legal exposure and price. Here is how to weigh the three.
SPF, DKIM and DMARC: Getting Email Delivered
The three DNS records that decide whether your mail reaches the inbox, explained in the order you should set them up.
Egress Fees: The Cloud Cost Nobody Budgets For
Why moving data out of a cloud costs money, how much it varies between providers, and how to design around it.
Port 25, Outbound SMTP and Why Most Clouds Block It
Why providers block outbound mail by default, which ones will unblock it, and what to do when yours will not.
What Cloud Credits Actually Are, and How They Behave
Credits offset cloud spend, but they expire, they do not cover everything, and they change how billing alerts behave.
Setting Billing Alerts Before You Deploy Anything
Cloud bills grow from resources nobody remembers starting. Here is how to make sure you find out in a day rather than a month.