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7/3/2026
The original title is: "I Built an AI Tool That Finds Wasted Cloud Spending — And Its Carbon Footprint."

The original title is: "I Built an AI Tool That Finds Wasted Cloud Spending — And Its Carbon Footprint."

Original: I Built an AI Tool That Finds Wasted Cloud Spending — And Its Carbon Footprint. Published: True

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Developer built GreenOps, an AI agent system that identifies unused Google Cloud resources draining budget and generating carbon emissions. Uses Gemini 2.5 Pro and Google's Agent Development Kit with four specialized agents in a pipeline: Carbon Scout finds waste, Optimization Executor proposes fixes. Includes live demo, GitHub code, real-world debugging story about Cloud Run timeouts, and practical lessons for building long-running AI agent systems.

  • •Practical AI agents for cloud cost and carbon footprint optimization
  • •Open-source tool with live demo and GitHub repository
  • •Technical deep-dive including real-world debugging methodology

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#ai-tools#ai-agents#open-source
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