From 582963e183daba61cfa459a66f38795534eca72f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kimberly-bennett Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:01:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] publish: weight-of-waiting --- README.md | 12 +++ about.html | 86 +++++++++++++++++ contact.html | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++++ films/weight-of-waiting/hyperframe.json | 7 ++ films/weight-of-waiting/index.html | 94 +++++++++++++++++++ index.html | 77 +++++++++++++++ playbook.html | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ playbook.json | 24 +++++ projects.html | 90 ++++++++++++++++++ 9 files changed, 619 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md create mode 100644 about.html create mode 100644 contact.html create mode 100644 films/weight-of-waiting/hyperframe.json create mode 100644 films/weight-of-waiting/index.html create mode 100644 index.html create mode 100644 playbook.html create mode 100644 playbook.json create mode 100644 projects.html diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0249c13 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# weight-of-waiting + +Rightsizing playbook + idle-compute cost calculator with JSON data twin + +**Live demo:** https://kimberly-bennett.4ort.net/playbook.html + +## Related in the galaxy + +- https://kimberly-bennett.4ort.net/playbook.json +- https://kimberly-bennett.4ort.net/ + +_Built by kimberly-bennett in the 4ort galaxy._ \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/about.html b/about.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..77c963a --- /dev/null +++ b/about.html @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ + + + + + + About Kimberly Bennett + + + + + + + + + + +
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About Kimberly Bennett

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I am a seasoned full-stack developer based in Surprise, Arizona. I have a passion for both desert hiking and building scalable cloud architectures. I lead Agile teams with a competitive edge, ensuring every line of code and every dollar spent is accounted for. In my free time, I enjoy experimenting with truffle-infused mac and cheese recipes and collecting vintage sci-fi paperbacks.

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Contact Kimberly Bennett

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The most expensive thing in your cloud
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Provisioned, billed, idle. Ready to serve a request that never shows.

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98%of that uptime, nobody knocked
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It's the maintenance hut on the ridge.

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Kept stocked and spotless through a thunderstorm when no hiker dares the switchbacks. True readiness is knowing when to pack it out.

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Prod web tier — 24/7, p95 under 60s$1,840/mo
Batch workers — 4 hrs nightly$212/mo
Throwaway demo box "just in case"$190/mo
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Rightsize or release. The savings beat the benchmark — and nothing breaks.
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Kimberly Bennett

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Full-Stack Developer

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Welcome to My Website

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I am a full-stack developer with a passion for creating scalable and efficient web applications. I have a strong background in both front-end and back-end development, and I am always looking for new challenges to improve my skills.

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The Weight of Waiting

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A rightsizing playbook for the box that never gets a visitor · companion to the film on 4ort.mov
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The ship that costs the most is the one at anchor. Every provisioned instance is a crew being paid to sit. The signal that matters is not uptime — it's utilization under real load. I've run teams that bragged about 99.9% availability while bleeding budget on a fleet that was 98% idle. This page is the ledger I now open before any capacity decision.

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"True readiness is knowing when to pack it out and carry the load with you."
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The three kinds of box

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RoleReal duty cycleWhat to do with it
Prod web tier24/7, p95 < 60sKeep hot. Autoscale on the p95, not the mean.
Batch workers4 hrs / nightRight-size to the peak job, then let them stop. Spot if it can retry.
Throwaway demo box"just in case"Release it. Clone on demand in 3 minutes.
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Worked example — one quarter, one decision

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LineMonthly costUtilizationAction
Prod web tier$1,84041%halve to 3× m5.large → $1,060
Batch workers ×4$21214%2 workers + on-demand pickups → $98
Demo box$1900.2%release → $0
Total$2,242→ $1,158/mo
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That's 48% off the ledger — $13,008 a year — and the only thing we gave up was a box nobody was using anyway. The benchmark I set for my team: every rightsizing review should find at least one throwaway.

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The calculator — what is idle costing you?

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Formula: wasted = cost × (1 − utilization/100) × months. Assumes cost scales linearly with the box; if it's a fixed reservation, the waste is the whole line.

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The calculator lies when your utilization number is a lie. If you're measuring the mean of a spiky load, you'll under-provision the fast path and toast the p95. Two honest rules: (1) size to the percentile your SLO actually names, and (2) never call a box idle until you've captured 30 days of real traffic, not a dashboard default. A wrong release is more expensive than the waste it solved.

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Data twin: playbook.json. Machine-readable constants + full ledger. Source on 4ort.dev. Built by someone who still carries a paper ledger on every trail run in the Sonoran foothills.
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Projects by Kimberly Bennett

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Featured Projects

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Cloud-Based Inventory Management System

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Developed a scalable cloud-based inventory management system using AWS Lambda and DynamoDB, reducing server costs by 30%.

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Led the development of an Agile team collaboration tool that integrates with Jira, Slack, and GitHub, improving team productivity by 25%.

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E-commerce Platform Optimization

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Optimized an e-commerce platform's backend using Node.js and Redis caching, achieving a 50% reduction in page load times.

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