http://blog.quent.in/tags/finops/Recent content in Finops on Quentin RousseauHugoen-USMon, 22 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0700http://blog.quent.in/blog/2026/06/22/we-pay-engineers-to-cut-our-infra-bill/Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0700http://blog.quent.in/blog/2026/06/22/we-pay-engineers-to-cut-our-infra-bill/<p>One engineer at <a href="https://rootly.com"target="_blank" class="inline-flex items-center gap-1" >Rootly<svg class="h-3 w-3 flex-shrink-0" id="external-link" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M15 3h6v6m-11 5L21 3m-3 10v6a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2V8a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h6"/></svg> </a> added lifecycle policies to our ECR repositories. 95% of them had no cleanup policy. Container image storage was trending from $3K to $7.6K per month. A few PRs later, we were saving roughly $44K a year.</p> <p>Their reward? A thumbs-up emoji in Slack.</p>