A scale-up running on AWS

We re-architected a brittle, over-provisioned cloud footprint into a resilient, cost-optimized setup defined entirely in Terraform.

Cloud ArchitectureTerraformKubernetesDevOpsCloud Architecture
cloud.firstsoft.dev
Monthly spend↓ 42%
before
$28.4k
after
$16.5k
$ terraform plan
~ 12 to change · 3 to destroy
rightsized: 9 idle instances removed
multi-AZ · autoscaled · GitOps

The problem

They were burning cash on an over-provisioned, manually-managed cloud estate that was both expensive and fragile under traffic spikes, with no reproducible way to change it safely.

Our approach

  1. 01

    We codified the entire infrastructure in Terraform so every environment became reproducible and reviewable.

  2. 02

    We moved core services onto autoscaling Kubernetes and serverless components sized to real demand.

  3. 03

    We added observability and cost guardrails so the team can see and control spend in real time.

The outcome

A cloud platform that scales with demand instead of fighting it — lower bills, faster recovery, and infrastructure the team can change with confidence.

Impact (figures pending confirmation)

Monthly cloud spend
−42% [confirm]
Deployment reliability
99.9% [confirm]
Recovery time
−80% [confirm]

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