CLOUDY MUSINGS

Cloud conversations still tend to start in the same place. We talk about scalability, resilience, performance, and maybe security if we are feeling disciplined. Cost usually shows up later (way later), almost like a postscript to the architecture. It is something we validate after the system is live, after usage patterns are real, and after the bill gives us a reason to care. The problem with that sequence is that by the time cost shows up, most of the meaningful decisions ha

When people hear the word FinOps, their minds almost always jump to one thing: savings. “How much money can we cut from the cloud bill?”...

Like a lot of my posts, this conversation came up last week with a customer. As per usual, I figured a quick glimpse into what I've seen...