Last year, many RDS MySQL customers were forced into a major version migration of MySQL 5.6 to MySQL 5.7 due to end-of-life support and availability of this version. We saw many instances of customers not being ready or planning accordingly for this forced migration, and feeling a whole lot of pain as a result. In the upcoming months, RDS MySQL customers will be forced into another major version migration of MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8.0 as MySQL 5.7 has reached end-of-life. This migration is even more impactful to customer application and business continuity. In this episode, we cover what you *should* do to properly upgrade your RDS MySQL databases, and lessons from this that you can apply to any EOL migration.

Martin Borek, Technical Product Manager in the Platform Engineering team at Kry/Livi, Europe’s leading digital healthcare provider, joined us to share some of the AWS cost-saving initiatives he and his team deployed to reduce their AWS bill by 70%.

We gathered three FinOps experts to share some cloud bill red flags, such as items in your cloud bill that may be reflective of an anti-pattern or overspending (and what you should be doing instead).

If you’re using BigQuery Editions or considering it, understanding how the Autoscaler functions is critical. We take a deep dive into BigQuery’s autoscaler, dissecting how it works, which use cases it’s best suited for, and common pitfalls to avoid if you want to keep your BigQuery costs in check.