unweed

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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GCP BigQuery Cost Cleanup: Control Tables, Queries, and Exports

GCP BigQuery Cost Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify BigQuery waste, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.
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GCP Cloud Storage Cleanup: Use Lifecycle Rules for Old Build Artifacts

GCP Cloud Storage Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify old Cloud Storage objects, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing...
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GCP GKE Cleanup: Reduce Waste in Node Pools and Namespaces

GCP GKE Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify waste in GKE clusters, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.
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GCP Cloud SQL Cleanup: Retire Databases After the Evidence Is Clear

GCP Cloud SQL Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify unused Cloud SQL instances, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing...
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GCP Static IP Cleanup: Release Addresses That No Longer Route Traffic

GCP Static IP Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify unused static IPs, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.
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GCP Persistent Disk Cleanup: Remove Detached Volumes Safely

GCP Persistent Disk Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify detached persistent disks, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and...
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Cloud Cost Optimization: Find and Remove Unused Resources

A practical cloud cost optimization checklist for finding idle compute, stale storage, forgotten environments, and quiet budget leaks.
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GCP Compute Engine Cleanup: Find Idle VMs and Disks

GCP Compute Engine Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify idle VMs and disks, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing...
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AWS IAM Cleanup: Remove Old Users, Keys, and Roles Carefully

AWS IAM Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify stale IAM identities, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.
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Dependency Cleanup: Remove Unused and Vulnerable Packages

A dependency cleanup checklist for removing unused packages, reducing security risk, and keeping JavaScript and backend projects maintainable.
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AWS EKS Cleanup: Find Over-Provisioned Node Groups

AWS EKS Cleanup guidance for proving whether teams can still justify oversized EKS node groups, choosing a low-risk cleanup path, and preventing repeat waste.
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Database Index Cleanup: Remove Unused Indexes Safely

A practical guide to database index cleanup: identify unused indexes, check query plans, reduce write overhead, and remove safely.