Presented at the AWS Washington DC User Group and updated for September 25 While AWS is very affordable, it can get really costly for the average at-home user. The free tier is a great way to get started but how do you use AWS long-term while keeping costs low? Michael Soh, unashamed cheap skate and the unofficial chief innovation engineer at the Inova Translational Medicine Institute, shares his journey into AWS and how the average user can get the most out of their dollars. This work is released via the CC-BY-SA license.