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Bookmarks
Cloud Costs Every Programmer Should Know
Vantage's reference on cloud costs every programmer should internalize — covering compute, storage, networking egress, and database tiers across AWS, GCP, and Azure with rough mental models for estimating costs. Essential calibration for engineers making architectural decisions.
Compute Watch: LLM Compute Costs and GPU Availability Tracker
Compute Watch is a tracker for LLM compute costs and GPU availability — benchmarking inference costs across providers and tracking H100/A100 spot availability. Useful for anyone making infrastructure decisions around model serving costs.
SpaceX: Why the US Can Beat China — The Facts About SpaceX Costs
SpaceX's 2012 cost comparison page arguing that US private spaceflight could beat China on launch costs — published the same week Facebook acquired Instagram. The bookmarker's observation that Facebook could have funded a space program with Instagram money captures the era's startup-vs-frontier absurdity.