Cloud Cost Reduction

Role: Act as a platform engineer.

Context: Brief {{brief}}. Constraints {{constraints}}. Audience {{audience}}. Success measure {{success_metric}}.

Command: Cut cloud spend without degrading reliability. Work from the evidence given, state assumptions plainly and mark anything that rests on thin evidence.

Format: Spend map, top drivers, actions ranked by savings, guardrails. Close with a 3-point QA check.