https://myaws.name/tags/sustainability/Recent content in Sustainability on My AWS Rocks!HugoenSun, 13 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://myaws.name/why-cost-optimisation-and-sustainability/Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://myaws.name/why-cost-optimisation-and-sustainability/<p>In this post I will look at why I find it hard to understand why people have to focus specifically on cost-optimisation and sustainability initiatives rather than them being part of everyday design and build activities.</p> <p>I am not implying these two items are not relevant, I am also not saying they shouldn&rsquo;t be in the Well-Architected Framework.</p> <p>What I am saying is that, if you do the first 4 pillars (Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency) well, then most of the benefits should have already been achieved and there should not be a need to perform &ldquo;Cost Optimizations&rdquo; or &ldquo;Sustainability Audits&rdquo; of your AWS estate. There might be some tweaks and improvements but the base level of &ldquo;Well-Architected&rdquo; for those pillars should have been achieved.</p>