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

Like a lot of my posts lately, this one kicked off with a customer question. An innocent question at that, but the kind that makes you...

Have you ever walked into a meeting where everyone’s solving different problems, from different timelines, in different universes...where...