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Arbinv

21 karma · joined November 22, 2014

Expat // Entrepreneur // Builder // Tech // World-Wanderer // Allons Travailler.
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Arbinv··on Content Distributor & tool builder
DM me via substack. I will share.
Arbinv··on I am retiring from tech to live offline
This is 1967 again, except the hippies have RSUs, the commune is a low-cost-of-living zip code, and “dropping out” means waiting for the next vest before deleting Bluesky.
Arbinv··on Content Distributor & tool builder
https://predictableyieldengine.substack.com/
Arbinv··on Ask HN: Books for someone who is transitioning from FAANG to finance
No prob!
Arbinv··on Ask HN: Books for someone who is transitioning from FAANG to finance
I am looking for someone with your background. I have an existing finance content offering and looking to build tools for our audience. Let me know if interested.
Arbinv··on Legends Solar – Buy operating solar panels on commercial solar farms
Utility scale solar projects with investment grade counter-parties (off-takers) produce an IRR of ~6% to ~7% over say a 30-year assumed life. This company is not delivering an 8% yield to investors putting up $1k for fractional ownership in a panel.
Arbinv··on Which AWS cost optimization service provider are the best?
IMHO its www.parkmycloud.com

The single biggest optimization / cost saver in the cloud is to get your non-production instances onto schedules as almost universally they do not need to be running 24/7. There is nothing which will deliver bigger savings on your non-prod infrastructure.

Arbinv··on Ask HN: Why aren't you using a public cloud?
Cloud is a utility and therefore needs to be used like a utility. What this means is you need to turn things off when they are not being used. Something like 50% of workloads in public cloud have 'the potential' to be turned off as they are non-production. The public cloud providers provided the easy button to spin things up but turning things off is more tricky. This is why we built www.parkmycloud.com Others have rolled their own scripts to achieve the same goal or use other methods to achieve the same goal albeit not as good as our solution ;)). Based on our analysis if you use Reserved Instances for Prod and schedule Non-Prod to be turned off when not being used, you will get a better overall ROI than on prem.
Arbinv··on Cloud computing hits a tipping point
old
Arbinv··on Ask HN: How did you significantly reduce your AWS cost?
Easiest, quickest and most flexible way is with www.parkmycloud.com or similar tools.
Arbinv··on Show HN: Velo.com – a marketplace for used bicycles
Nice concept. Even nicer domain name. Pretty site, just not sure its going to usurp ebay and craigslist.
Arbinv··on Ask HN: $200k in savings – SaaS or ETFs or stocks?
Personally I would look at real estate offshore and maybe look to purchase x4 apartments and put in place a local property manager. I hear Columbia is great right now or perhaps Southern and Eastern Europe (Estonia, Bulgaria, Georgia) are all interesting right now. Let the money grow offshore in a company account and then look to invest from there into other offshore ventures. Think and look globally....
Arbinv··on Ask HN: Best US startup towns and cities outside Boston
If you are thinking East Coast NYC and DC are very viable esp if you are B2B. Engineers are expensive in both places but you are asking about HQ location. I recruit engineers away from the coasts or from E.Europe.
Arbinv··on Ask HN: How do you monitor your AWS costs?
www.parkmycloud.com
Arbinv··on Google Cloud is 50% cheaper than AWS
Personally I just turn things off when they are not being used and that alone saves me 60% off my AWS bill. Obviously, it only works for non-prod instances but that is the bulk of what we use. see www.parkmycloud.com
Arbinv··on Ask HN: What are the potential pitfalls of stock options?
Read - Getting Started in Options. Thomsett, Michael C.

Its what I recommend to everyone...! No shortcuts you need to read, read, read..

Arbinv··on Ask HN: What's broken in healthcare and how would you fix it?
Health payer system. 100% screwed. Start from ground up and build ONE simple single payer system and remove ~7-10% of the cost of healthcare immediatly.
Arbinv··on List of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS for devops/infradev with free plans
Not able to push via git but you might want to add www.parkmycloud.com - tool helps devs reduce by up to 65% your AWS bill.
Arbinv··on Solar Shed Summary: My Off Grid Office
Good job man.
Arbinv··on AWS is inappropriate for small teams because its complexity demands a specialist
What you need is some kind of abstraction layer so that you can expose only the functionality that non-technical users need exposed. Check out www.parkmycloud.com for example.
Arbinv··on Ask HN: What AWS cloud management service do you recommend for small companies?
As a simple first step focused on reducing your AWS bill you should consider www.parkmycloud.com
Arbinv··on Find the fastest AWS region from your location
This is cool. Thanks for sharing...!
Arbinv··on Ask HN: Why do people hate on the AWS developer console?
If you really hate it and just need to turn things on/off and get a view across your environment then take a look at www.parkmycloud.com

Much more pleasing UI and can save you literally thousands....

Arbinv··on Ask HN: How do you manage spot instances in AWS or lower AWS costs?
Try - www.parkmycloud.com You will get spot prices from on-demand instances when you park them when not being used. Let me know if you want any more info...
Arbinv··on Ask HN: Why don't startups try to disrupt the poor state of mental health?
I can tell you from the innovator side of things behavioral health is producing more interesting start-ups than almost any other part of health tech. The money is slow in coming as the business model / monetization is still unclear - beyond simple out-of-pocket models. I have seen some amazing prototypes in the last few months including a fair number in the big data / predictive analytics space which seek to identify early signs of depression and other MH conditions.

Most have not yet formed into fundable startups but they will and I have seen leaps in terms of iterating around these ideas.

Arbinv··on New – Scheduled Reserved Instances
Rather than Scheduled Reserved Instances you would still be much better off using On-Demand compbined with www.parkmycloud.com

Less cost plus a lot more flexibility...

Arbinv··on New – Scheduled Reserved Instances
Rather than Scheduled Reserved Instances you would still be much better off using On-Demand compbined with www.parkmycloud.com

Lower cost plus a lot more flexibility...

Arbinv··on Ask HN: Anybody having problems with costs of Reserved Instances on AWS?
Hi

Rather than RIs you should look into using this tool www.parkmycloud.com

A.

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www.parkymycloud.com
Arbinv··on Are you a foreign entrepreneur/startup with U.S. Visa issues?
I was but I made it through to the promised land. But still bearing scars. Whats the angle?
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