Cost Optimization
Every DataAgent post tagged Cost Optimization: 2 articles.
Engineering12 minPrecision vs. Recall: Why Observability Costs So Much
Observability bills are shaped by one unstated assumption: a human might need to scroll back. That is collection optimized for recall. An agent present at the moment of the fault optimizes for precision — and precision scales with your incident rate, not your estate.
Nati Shalom • Aug 26, 2026
Engineering7 minA Year of DevOps With an AI Agent
A year of running production infrastructure with an AI agent in the loop — EKS, Terraform, and the CI that holds it together. Not a 10x story: what actually changed was when my mistakes surfaced, what the work cost, and how much of it I had to remember myself.
Shahar Harap • Aug 24, 2026