Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago

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In this insightful keynote, Tanner Johnson, EM at Notion takes us through their journey of realizing and improving cloud cost efficiency. He shares lessons they've learned on their path, discusses the importance of understanding and managing costs, and highlights how the synergy of motivation and knowledge can lead to significant savings for businesses.

00:00 Introduction and Background
02:36 The Beginning of Notion's Cloud Cost Efficiency Journey
04:36 First Lessons and Wins in Cost Efficiency
09:44 Building a Legitimate Cost Efficiency Program
13:06 Defining Worthwhile Investments and Goals
21:33 Continuing the Momentum and Future Goals
23:00 Key Learnings and Conclusion
23:59 Q&A Session

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This talk was recorded at Elevate 2023, Plato's flagship engineering leadership conference hosted in San Francisco on Nov 7 and 8 2023.