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Practical cleanup notes for software teams.

Practical notes on cloud costs, stale infrastructure, technical debt, databases, dependencies, and the small maintenance habits that keep production calmer.

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7 min read

CI Artifact Cleanup: Stop Build Outputs From Growing Forever

CI Artifact Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify old build artifacts, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.
9 min read

Azure Resource Group Cleanup: Remove Whole Environments Safely

A safe Azure resource group cleanup workflow for proving ownership, finding hidden dependencies, and retiring stale environments without deleting shared infrastructure.
9 min read

Azure Log Analytics Cleanup: Reduce Retention Waste

A practical Azure Log Analytics cleanup guide for finding expensive workspaces, shortening unsafe default retention, and preserving logs that teams still need.
9 min read

Azure AKS Cleanup: Prune Idle Namespaces and Right-Size Node Pools

Azure AKS Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify AKS cluster waste, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.
9 min read

Kubernetes PVC Cleanup: Find Persistent Volumes Nobody Uses

Find unused Kubernetes PVCs without deleting data too early by checking mounts, reclaim policy, backups, storage classes, and owner approval.
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Azure SQL Database Cleanup: Retire Stale Databases Safely

Azure SQL Database Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify stale Azure SQL databases, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and...
9 min read

Azure App Service Plan Cleanup: Find Empty Plans and Oversized Tiers

Azure App Service Plan Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify empty App Service plans, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and...
9 min read

Azure Public IP Cleanup: Release Addresses That Nobody Owns

Azure Public IP Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify unused public IPs, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.
9 min read

Azure Managed Disk Cleanup: Delete Orphaned Disks With Confidence

Azure Managed Disk Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify orphaned managed disks, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing...
9 min read

Azure VM Cleanup: Find Idle Virtual Machines and Attached Disks

Azure VM Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify idle Azure virtual machines, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat...
8 min read

GCP Service Account Cleanup: Remove Stale Automation Access

GCP Service Account Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify stale service accounts, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing...
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GCP Logging Cleanup: Set Retention Before Logs Become a Bill

GCP Logging Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify log retention waste, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.