
Amazon Athena Cost Optimization: Partition Pruning, Compression, and Iceberg Tables
Athena still bills ~$5/TB scanned (or Capacity Reservations by DPU). July 2026 refresh — partitions, Parquet/Iceberg, workgroups, and when provisioned capacity wins.
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Athena still bills ~$5/TB scanned (or Capacity Reservations by DPU). July 2026 refresh — partitions, Parquet/Iceberg, workgroups, and when provisioned capacity wins.

The standard cost optimization checklist no longer cuts it. These 8 modern strategies — from unit economics to automated Savings Plans and cost observability — reflect how engineering teams are actually managing cloud spend in 2026.

Most AWS security breaches aren't caused by AWS failures — they're caused by misconfiguration. Here are 10 concrete best practices to harden your AWS environment in 2026.

Embedding QuickSight dashboards in your SaaS product gives every customer analytics without building a BI layer from scratch. Here is the complete implementation guide — embedding types, authentication, row-level security, and cost.

Build a data-driven business case for application modernization. ROI calculations, cost-benefit analysis, risk frameworks, and board-ready presentations.

Build production-ready AI agents on Bedrock with tool use, multi-step workflows, and supervisor patterns. From single agents to multi-agent orchestration.

Multi-agent supervisor pattern on Bedrock: architecture, implementation, and production deployment for scalable AI workflows.

AWS Nova models vs Claude: pricing comparison, performance benchmarks, and decision framework for choosing the right Bedrock model for your enterprise AI.

AWS Graviton processors deliver 20-40% cost savings and better performance-per-watt. Complete guide: migration path, performance benchmarks, and production deployment patterns.

Terraform to OpenTofu migration: compatibility, risks, tools, and production deployment patterns for AWS infrastructure.

Compare Amazon Q and GitHub Copilot for code generation, IDE integration, and developer productivity.

Managed Flink for stateful streaming. July 2026 refresh — KDA name EOL, KPU + orchestration KPU, per-second billing, Flink vs Lambda decision matrix.