<ul><li>The author shares their experience of overspending on cloud services and provides tips on cost optimization.</li><li>Strategies include stopping hoarding cloud resources, embracing reserved instances, tagging resources for visibility and accountability, and right-sizing infrastructure.</li><li>Using spot instances for non-critical workloads, automating cost governance, and educating the team on cloud costs are also recommended.</li><li>The article emphasizes the importance of proactive cost management as a continuous culture shift in cloud operations.</li></ul>

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