Cristian Magherusan Stanciu
@cristims.bsky.social
Helping companies cut their AWS costs in half with least possible engineering effort.
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It's not really about the money, the feedback is much more valuable at that stage.
June 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It's not really about the money, the feedback is much more valuable at that stage.
If you can't get a job you'll also struggle with finding clients for your agency business.
In my opinion an agency is best done as a way to scale yourself after doing freelance gigs for a while and consistently running into your capacity limit for a while, and only after first maximizing your rates
In my opinion an agency is best done as a way to scale yourself after doing freelance gigs for a while and consistently running into your capacity limit for a while, and only after first maximizing your rates
April 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
If you can't get a job you'll also struggle with finding clients for your agency business.
In my opinion an agency is best done as a way to scale yourself after doing freelance gigs for a while and consistently running into your capacity limit for a while, and only after first maximizing your rates
In my opinion an agency is best done as a way to scale yourself after doing freelance gigs for a while and consistently running into your capacity limit for a while, and only after first maximizing your rates
Have you considered to offer localized pricing?
April 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Have you considered to offer localized pricing?
People who do that are probably doing it for many other tools, distracting themselves from whatever they're supposed to be doing...
So I bet that they also can't easily afford paying you those $19/month.
So I bet that they also can't easily afford paying you those $19/month.
April 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
People who do that are probably doing it for many other tools, distracting themselves from whatever they're supposed to be doing...
So I bet that they also can't easily afford paying you those $19/month.
So I bet that they also can't easily afford paying you those $19/month.
You built the second project to solve a real problem you encountered while building your main one.
That's very different from building something in an entirely different space.
In the worst case you make no sales but still benefit from using it on your main project.
That's very different from building something in an entirely different space.
In the worst case you make no sales but still benefit from using it on your main project.
April 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
You built the second project to solve a real problem you encountered while building your main one.
That's very different from building something in an entirely different space.
In the worst case you make no sales but still benefit from using it on your main project.
That's very different from building something in an entirely different space.
In the worst case you make no sales but still benefit from using it on your main project.
A former client refused to pay me over $15k for work that saved them over $150k/year on their AWS bills.
It was really painful but helped me improve my model to protect against those, and soon after landed a customer over 5x bigger with the improved model, which may bring me about 5x more money.
It was really painful but helped me improve my model to protect against those, and soon after landed a customer over 5x bigger with the improved model, which may bring me about 5x more money.
April 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A former client refused to pay me over $15k for work that saved them over $150k/year on their AWS bills.
It was really painful but helped me improve my model to protect against those, and soon after landed a customer over 5x bigger with the improved model, which may bring me about 5x more money.
It was really painful but helped me improve my model to protect against those, and soon after landed a customer over 5x bigger with the improved model, which may bring me about 5x more money.
Seems nice, thanks for sharing this!
One thing that might be useful is to do it in multiple steps, first to gather all the alternatives, and the second one to ask all the LLMs about the full list of the alternatives.
Because some of them missed some of the alternatives, but their score was higher
One thing that might be useful is to do it in multiple steps, first to gather all the alternatives, and the second one to ask all the LLMs about the full list of the alternatives.
Because some of them missed some of the alternatives, but their score was higher
March 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Seems nice, thanks for sharing this!
One thing that might be useful is to do it in multiple steps, first to gather all the alternatives, and the second one to ask all the LLMs about the full list of the alternatives.
Because some of them missed some of the alternatives, but their score was higher
One thing that might be useful is to do it in multiple steps, first to gather all the alternatives, and the second one to ask all the LLMs about the full list of the alternatives.
Because some of them missed some of the alternatives, but their score was higher
Yes, using Siri all the time to set alarms and timers 😊
Works like a charm!
Works like a charm!
March 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Yes, using Siri all the time to set alarms and timers 😊
Works like a charm!
Works like a charm!
That's a great idea!
I tried to see the code but getting a 404 when trying to visit the repo.
I tried to see the code but getting a 404 when trying to visit the repo.
February 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
That's a great idea!
I tried to see the code but getting a 404 when trying to visit the repo.
I tried to see the code but getting a 404 when trying to visit the repo.
As an European I never understood why would someone who's not running a fast food restaurant entertain the idea of buying a gallon of ketchup to save a few pennies.
It's enough for a lifetime and would go bad before you consume even a small fraction of it.
It's enough for a lifetime and would go bad before you consume even a small fraction of it.
February 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
As an European I never understood why would someone who's not running a fast food restaurant entertain the idea of buying a gallon of ketchup to save a few pennies.
It's enough for a lifetime and would go bad before you consume even a small fraction of it.
It's enough for a lifetime and would go bad before you consume even a small fraction of it.
Take a day off when it's a rare snowy day and take your son sledding, without having to inform or ask permission from anyone.
February 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Take a day off when it's a rare snowy day and take your son sledding, without having to inform or ask permission from anyone.
Thanks Timothy, I think this is a great way to start a SaaS without a 90% chance of failure, getting paid by customers to reach PMF for the SaaS you build out of it.
February 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Thanks Timothy, I think this is a great way to start a SaaS without a 90% chance of failure, getting paid by customers to reach PMF for the SaaS you build out of it.
For the first 6-7 months after leaving AWS did SaaS and burned a good chunk of my savings.
Luckily I had a setback that cut my MRR in half, which got me to switch to services in the same niche.
Money is good, I work on my own terms and still sell software I build to accelerate my services work.
Luckily I had a setback that cut my MRR in half, which got me to switch to services in the same niche.
Money is good, I work on my own terms and still sell software I build to accelerate my services work.
February 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
For the first 6-7 months after leaving AWS did SaaS and burned a good chunk of my savings.
Luckily I had a setback that cut my MRR in half, which got me to switch to services in the same niche.
Money is good, I work on my own terms and still sell software I build to accelerate my services work.
Luckily I had a setback that cut my MRR in half, which got me to switch to services in the same niche.
Money is good, I work on my own terms and still sell software I build to accelerate my services work.
Much of that speedup is because I've got you as mentor and coach.
You helped me avoid many pitfalls and take a shorter path forward.
I just wish I started with you earlier, I guess it would have saved me some time from learning so many things the hard way.
But the compounding also needs time.
You helped me avoid many pitfalls and take a shorter path forward.
I just wish I started with you earlier, I guess it would have saved me some time from learning so many things the hard way.
But the compounding also needs time.
January 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Much of that speedup is because I've got you as mentor and coach.
You helped me avoid many pitfalls and take a shorter path forward.
I just wish I started with you earlier, I guess it would have saved me some time from learning so many things the hard way.
But the compounding also needs time.
You helped me avoid many pitfalls and take a shorter path forward.
I just wish I started with you earlier, I guess it would have saved me some time from learning so many things the hard way.
But the compounding also needs time.
Feedback from other builders is useful only as long as they're also your customers, otherwise they may waste your time implementing nice to have features your customers won't care about.
The most useful feedback is from your paying users.
The most useful feedback is from your paying users.
January 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Feedback from other builders is useful only as long as they're also your customers, otherwise they may waste your time implementing nice to have features your customers won't care about.
The most useful feedback is from your paying users.
The most useful feedback is from your paying users.
Took me 2 years to reach 100% of my previous gross AWS salary back in October, after an abysmal first year.
3 months later I'm now at about 150%.
And this is from a mix of part time freelance work, productized cost optimization services and selling cost optimization tools.
3 months later I'm now at about 150%.
And this is from a mix of part time freelance work, productized cost optimization services and selling cost optimization tools.
January 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Took me 2 years to reach 100% of my previous gross AWS salary back in October, after an abysmal first year.
3 months later I'm now at about 150%.
And this is from a mix of part time freelance work, productized cost optimization services and selling cost optimization tools.
3 months later I'm now at about 150%.
And this is from a mix of part time freelance work, productized cost optimization services and selling cost optimization tools.
It didn't support the animated GIFs and emojis people so desperately need to share each Friday afternoon 😊
January 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It didn't support the animated GIFs and emojis people so desperately need to share each Friday afternoon 😊
Reposted by Cristian Magherusan Stanciu
It’s Climate Change.
Show anyone dissenter this pie chart of stats via CalFire.
Then tell them to STFU forever.
Show anyone dissenter this pie chart of stats via CalFire.
Then tell them to STFU forever.
January 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It’s Climate Change.
Show anyone dissenter this pie chart of stats via CalFire.
Then tell them to STFU forever.
Show anyone dissenter this pie chart of stats via CalFire.
Then tell them to STFU forever.
Yeah, like even a few weeks ago when I was in that situation with that customer who didn't want to pay for my work.
You suggested me to write about it but I just couldn't figure out how to do it in a way according with my values and the stoic philosophy I try to practice,so I gave up writing at all
You suggested me to write about it but I just couldn't figure out how to do it in a way according with my values and the stoic philosophy I try to practice,so I gave up writing at all
January 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Yeah, like even a few weeks ago when I was in that situation with that customer who didn't want to pay for my work.
You suggested me to write about it but I just couldn't figure out how to do it in a way according with my values and the stoic philosophy I try to practice,so I gave up writing at all
You suggested me to write about it but I just couldn't figure out how to do it in a way according with my values and the stoic philosophy I try to practice,so I gave up writing at all
These days I do HIIT, mostly using weights and as much as possible pushing hard enough to feel the burn and ideally to muscular failure.
Do you consider that as cardio?
Do you consider that as cardio?
January 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
These days I do HIIT, mostly using weights and as much as possible pushing hard enough to feel the burn and ideally to muscular failure.
Do you consider that as cardio?
Do you consider that as cardio?
What's your opinion on HIIT?
Or what other kinds of exercise do you recommend?
Or what other kinds of exercise do you recommend?
January 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
What's your opinion on HIIT?
Or what other kinds of exercise do you recommend?
Or what other kinds of exercise do you recommend?
Guilty as charged.
I had a really tough time back in the second half of 2023 and couldn't get myself to talk openly about it until I got out of it.
In general I don't like to complain or beg people for help, no matter how hard it is.
I'd rather clench my teeth and soldier through it.
I had a really tough time back in the second half of 2023 and couldn't get myself to talk openly about it until I got out of it.
In general I don't like to complain or beg people for help, no matter how hard it is.
I'd rather clench my teeth and soldier through it.
January 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Guilty as charged.
I had a really tough time back in the second half of 2023 and couldn't get myself to talk openly about it until I got out of it.
In general I don't like to complain or beg people for help, no matter how hard it is.
I'd rather clench my teeth and soldier through it.
I had a really tough time back in the second half of 2023 and couldn't get myself to talk openly about it until I got out of it.
In general I don't like to complain or beg people for help, no matter how hard it is.
I'd rather clench my teeth and soldier through it.