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Practical guides for developers and ML teams: how to choose a GPU host, cutting egress costs, LLM API pricing, spot vs on-demand, storage tiers, Kubernetes economics, and cloud billing explained.
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Cut Egress Costs by Serving From Zero-Egress Object Storage
Migrate to zero-egress object storage to stop paying per gigabyte every time you serve files, and learn when the move actually pays off.
Benchmark H100 vs A100 Yourself: A Reproducible Test Guide
Run your own reproducible H100 vs A100 benchmark so you compare these GPUs on your real workload, not on someone else's marketing numbers.
Deploy a Serverless Inference Endpoint on Modal
Deploy an LLM inference endpoint on Modal that scales to zero, so you pay only for the GPU seconds your requests actually use.
Set Up Cloud Cost Budget Alerts Step by Step
Set up cloud budget alerts so a forgotten GPU or runaway job never produces a surprise bill, with thresholds and actions explained for beginners.
Fine-Tune Llama With LoRA on a Single Cloud GPU
Fine-tune a Llama model with LoRA on one rented cloud GPU, keeping memory low and costs predictable while still shipping a custom model.
Set Up Docker With GPU Passthrough for Reproducible ML Environments
Configure Docker GPU passthrough so your ML environment runs the same on any cloud GPU instance, from your laptop to a rented H100.
Mount Object Storage to a GPU Instance for Training Data
Stream training data from object storage to your GPU instance without filling local disk, using FUSE mounts and smart caching.
Measure Tokens Per Second on Your GPU: A Benchmarking Tutorial
Learn to benchmark tokens per second on any cloud GPU so you can compare inference speed honestly before you commit to an instance.
Run a GPU Workload on Kubernetes: From Node Pool to Pod
A practical tutorial to run a GPU workload on Kubernetes, from creating a GPU node pool to scheduling a pod that uses the accelerator.
Connect Jupyter to a Remote Cloud GPU in 10 Minutes
Get a Jupyter notebook running on a remote cloud GPU fast, with a secure connection and your local browser as the interface.
Set Up a Fault-Tolerant Spot Training Job From Scratch
Build a training job that survives spot interruptions through checkpointing, automatic resume, and a sensible fallback.
Deploy an LLM With vLLM on a Cloud GPU: Full Walkthrough
A complete walkthrough to serve an open LLM with vLLM on a rented cloud GPU, from install to an OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
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Set Up GPU Monitoring With Prometheus and Grafana
Build a GPU monitoring dashboard with Prometheus and Grafana so you can spot idle GPUs, thermal throttling, and wasted spend at a glance.
Set Up a Fault-Tolerant Spot Training Job From Scratch
Build a training job that survives spot interruptions through checkpointing, automatic resume, and a sensible fallback.
Build a Spot-to-On-Demand Fallback for Reliable Cheap GPUs
An automation tutorial for combining cheap spot GPUs with an on-demand fallback so workloads stay reliable when spot capacity is reclaimed.
Deploy a RAG App on a Cloud GPU: Embeddings to Endpoint
An end-to-end tutorial on deploying a retrieval-augmented generation app on a cloud GPU, from embedding documents to a live, served endpoint.
Deploy an LLM With vLLM on a Cloud GPU: Full Walkthrough
A complete walkthrough to serve an open LLM with vLLM on a rented cloud GPU, from install to an OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Profile Your Inference Server to Find the Real Bottleneck
An advanced tutorial on profiling an inference server to find whether the GPU, memory bandwidth, batching, or the host is the true bottleneck.
Estimate Your Project's GPU Cost Before You Provision Anything
A walkthrough for estimating GPU cost before provisioning, so you size hardware, pick a pricing model, and avoid budget surprises.
Serve a Quantized LLM in the Cloud With Ollama
A practical tutorial on running a quantized LLM on a cloud GPU with Ollama, from instance choice to a secured, production-ready endpoint.
Build a GPU Cost Dashboard From Billing Exports
A FinOps tutorial on turning raw billing exports into a GPU cost dashboard that reveals waste, drivers, and trends per team and workload.
How to Buy and Apply a Reserved GPU Instance Correctly
A clear tutorial on buying reserved GPU capacity, matching commitments to real usage, and confirming the discount actually applies to your bill.
Quantize a Model to INT8 for Cheaper Deployment, Step by Step
A hands-on walkthrough to quantize an LLM to INT8, cut GPU memory and cost, and keep accuracy acceptable for production inference.
Autoscale LLM Inference on Kubernetes With KEDA
Autoscale LLM inference on Kubernetes with KEDA so GPU pods grow with real demand signals like queue depth, not just raw CPU usage.