See the impact on your cloud costs as you code
Hey folks, my name is Owen and I recently started working at a startup (https://infracost.io/) that shows engineers how much their code changes are going to cost on the cloud before being deployed (in CI/CD like GitHub or GitLab). Previously, I was one of the founders of tfsec (it scanned code for security issues). One of the things I learnt was if we catch issues early, i.e. when the engineer was typing their code, we save a bunch of time. I was thinking … okay, why not build cloud costs into the code editor. Show the cloud cost impact of the code as the engineers are…
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Infracost is a JetBrains plugin that displays cloud cost estimates for infrastructure code changes as engineers write them. The tool integrates with CI/CD pipelines like GitHub and GitLab to show cost impacts before deployment. Designed for cloud engineers and DevOps teams, it aims to catch cost-related issues early in the development process, similar to how security scanning tools work. The plugin is free and available through the JetBrains marketplace.
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Hey folks, my name is Owen and I recently started working at a startup (https://infracost.io/) that shows engineers how much their code changes are going to cost on the cloud before being deployed (in CI/CD like GitHub or GitLab). Previously, I was one of the founders of tfsec (it scanned code for security issues). One of the things I learnt was if we catch issues early, i.e. when the engineer was typing their code, we save a bunch of time. I was thinking … okay, why not build cloud costs into the code editor. Show the cloud cost impact of the code as the engineers are writing it. So I spent some weekends and built one right into JetBrains - fully free - keep in mind it is new, might be buggy, so please let me know if you find issues. It is check it out: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/24761-infracost I recorded a video too, if you just want to see what it does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgfkdmUNzEo I'd love to get your feedback on this. I want to know if it is helpful, what other cool features we can add to it, and how can we make it better? Final note - the extension calls our Cloud Pricing API, which holds 4 million prices from AWS, Azure and GCP, so no secrets, credentials etc are touched at all. If you want to get the same Infracost goodness in your CI/CD, check out https://www.infracost.io/cicd
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