Whither the mainframe
Mainframes are a highly opinionated solution to processing large quantities of sequential data reliably with high availability and at low cost per transaction....
What Ahrefs might have done, and what finops has in common with bank robbery
I'll consider what a parellel-universe Ahrefs in a different reality timeline might have done in the cloud....
Ahrefs’ “billion dollar savings” and the “on-prem bigots”
"Buy long term, rent out short" is an effective strategy in every capital-intensive business. There's nothing wrong with short-term commitments if that's what the nature...
SCaLE 21x wrap up: Anti-patterns in tech cost management
The talk at SCaLE went well, or at least as well as I expected. I hate public speaking, but it's something that stretches me and...
Anti-Patterns in Tech Cost Management: Three things to do now
I have three brief recommendations for things you can do right now. ...
Anti-Patterns in Tech Cost Management: Bonus! Don’t do rewards programs
I can come up with hundreds of ways to cut costs to generate a short term bonus for me while leaving the long-term impacts to...
Anti-Patterns in Tech Cost Management: “A tool will solve the problem!”
I'll lead with my bias: If you can't do something manually, no tool will help. It may, in some way, make you feel better....
Anti-Patterns in Tech Cost Management: Across the board cuts
This kind of across-the-board target highlights that the decision makers don't know where the costs/inefficiencies exist, or they don't care and can't be bothered to...
Anti-Patterns in Tech Cost Management: No ongoing reviews
No choices are forever. Every optimization degrades. Regular review of choices and utilization needs to happen both within and across teams....
Anti-Patterns in Tech Cost Management: Cost management as a standalone
Many in the cloud cost control/FinOps community have stories of "somebody" being hired to finally bring sanity to cost control efforts, but being made responsible...