Guides
Practical Guides for Cloud & AI Efficiency
In-depth, research-driven guides on cloud cost optimization, FinOps, AI workload economics, Kubernetes efficiency, and the tooling decisions enterprise teams face in 2026 — written and maintained by the PointFive team.
How to Automatically Shut Down Non-Production Environments at Night (2026)
A practical comparison of the four ways to automatically shut down dev and staging environments outside business hours — AWS Instance Scheduler, Lambda + EventBridge, Cloud Custodian, and dedicated cost-optimization platforms — with implementation steps, savings math, and recommendations by team size.
Why Your AWS Bill Just Jumped: 8 Root Causes and How to Investigate (2026)
A practical diagnostic guide for engineers and finance teams: the eight most common reasons AWS bills jump month over month, how to confirm each one in the AWS console, and the order to investigate them. Includes specific Cost Explorer queries, CloudWatch checks, and links to root-cause patterns.