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Re: naming things

Re: naming things

💡This is largely from a previous blog, but this concept has been stuck in my head again lately, so I'm repurposing. The data warehouse that I mention up top is what has formed the foundation of my employer's FinOps visibility effort. Not sure if I mentioned

Square 1, from a few years beyond.

Square 1, from a few years beyond.

Rightsizing - show, don't tell

Rightsizing - show, don't tell

Cost allocation 101: building the foundations

Cost allocation 101: building the foundations

DBT and FinOps data - a match made in heaven

DBT and FinOps data - a match made in heaven

FinOps FOCUS, succinctly

EBS - monthly pricing means monthly pricing

in-practice

Rightsizing - show, don't tell

Rightsizing - show, don't tell

Hello reader. My employer has been in rightsizing mode lately, and I've participating more in that exercise than ever before. As you probably know I'm a data person, and I believe very strongly that the practice of FinOps is a data-heavy practice. I'm continually

Cost allocation 101: building the foundations

Cost allocation 101: building the foundations

EBS - monthly pricing means monthly pricing

BigQuery Editions pricing in practice, late July 2023

BigQuery Editions pricing in practice, late July 2023

The most important columns in your AWS bill - the cost metrics.

The most important columns in your AWS bill - the cost metrics.

in-theory

Square 1, from a few years beyond.

Square 1, from a few years beyond.

What I'd like to have told younger me, specifically on the topic of getting started on visibility of the billing data. This is a quick one. This is all data work, and the iron triangle that I look at with data work is fast, cheap, scalable. You'

Cloud Computing is Fractional Reserve Banking

Cloud Computing is Fractional Reserve Banking

The Rosetta Stone

The Rosetta Stone

FinOps is performance optimization

FinOps is performance optimization

data

Re: naming things

Re: naming things

💡This is largely from a previous blog, but this concept has been stuck in my head again lately, so I'm repurposing. The data warehouse that I mention up top is what has formed the foundation of my employer's FinOps visibility effort. Not sure if I mentioned

Square 1, from a few years beyond.

Square 1, from a few years beyond.

Rightsizing - show, don't tell

Rightsizing - show, don't tell

FOCUS

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Cost allocation 101: building the foundations

DBT and FinOps data - a match made in heaven

FinOps FOCUS, succinctly

data

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Re: naming things

Square 1, from a few years beyond.

Rightsizing - show, don't tell

gcp

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GCP compute can be both reserved AND on demand

BigQuery Editions pricing in practice, late July 2023