{"podcast":{"title":"Cloud Computing with Fexingo: AWS, Azure, GCP, and Modern Infrastructure Conversations","slug":"cloud-computing-with-fexingo-aws-azure-gcp-and-modern-infrastructure-conversations-7871918","podcast_index_feed_id":7871918,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/cloud-computing.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/cloud-computing/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":105,"summary":"Cloud computing is the backbone of modern business, but the landscape is shifting fast. Lucas and Luna cut through the vendor noise to examine the real-world strategies behind AWS, Azure, and GCP — from multi-cloud architectures to edge computing and container orchestration. Each episode takes a single infrastructure decision, like choosing a database service or designing for disaster recovery, and traces its implications for cost, latency, and developer productivity. Lucas brings deep technical fluency and a journalist's skepticism toward marketing claims; Luna tests each argument against case studies from companies like Netflix, Capital One, and Adobe. They don't just compare prices — they explore trade-offs in lock-in, compliance, and operational complexity. Whether dissecting a Kubernetes outage or the economics of serverless, the conversation is always grounded in concrete specs and real bills. This is the podcast for engineering leaders and cloud architects who want to make informed bets, not follow trends. But what happens when the cloud giants change their pricing mid-contract? That's exactly the kind of tension Lucas and Luna live inside — and the conversation that will r…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T08:17:01.746696+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cloud-computing-with-fexingo-aws-azure-gcp-and-modern-infrastructure-conversations-7871918"},"episode":{"title":"Why Cloud Providers Are Making You Pay for API Access","slug":"why-cloud-providers-are-making-you-pay-for-api-access","published_at":"2026-06-15T20:18:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cloud-computing-with-fexingo-aws-azure-gcp-and-modern-infrastructure-conversations-7871918/why-cloud-providers-are-making-you-pay-for-api-access","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cloud-computing-with-fexingo-aws-azure-gcp-and-modern-infrastructure-conversations-7871918","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/cloud-computing/episode-0053.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/cloud-computing/episode-0053.mp3","summary":"Episode 53 of Cloud Computing with Fexingo dives into a growing cost center for cloud users: API access fees. Lucas and Luna break down how AWS, Azure, and GCP are increasingly charging per-call or per-transaction for APIs that were previously free or bundled into compute costs. They examine specific examples like AWS's per-API-call billing for Lambda and API Gateway, Azure's premium API Management tiers, and GCP's shift to usage-based pricing for Cloud Endpoints. The episode explores how these costs can silently balloon in serverless and microservices architectures, and offers practical strategies to monitor and optimize API spend. Lucas shares data on how an enterprise with 50 million API calls per month could see costs increase by 15-20% under new pricing models. They also discuss the strategic implications: are providers using API access fees to push users toward higher-tier services or lock-in? The conversation ends with advice on designing APIs to be cost-efficient and negotiating custom pricing for high-volume users. #CloudComputing #AWSpricing #AzureAPIManagement #GCPCloudEndpoints #ServerlessCosts #APIfees #MicroservicesCosts #CloudCostOptimization #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Technology #CloudInfrastructure #APIGatewayPricing #LambdaCosts #CloudProviders #DevOpsCosts #APIEconomy #CloudArchitecture Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 53 of Cloud Computing with Fexingo dives into a growing cost center for cloud users: API access fees. Lucas and Luna break down how AWS, Azure, an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":374,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cloud-computing-with-fexingo-aws-azure-gcp-and-modern-infrastructure-conversations-7871918/episodes/why-cloud-providers-are-making-you-pay-for-api-access/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cloud-computing-with-fexingo-aws-azure-gcp-and-modern-infrastructure-conversations-7871918/why-cloud-providers-are-making-you-pay-for-api-access.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}