After working deep in cloud operations, I’ve learned that FinOps isn’t really about dashboards or optimisation scripts. Tools can highlight waste, but culture determines whether anyone acts on it....
2026-04-24 (first published: 2026-04-15)
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Cloud environments don’t sit still. Pricing models change, services evolve, workloads grow, and suddenly last year’s “perfectly optimised” setup isn’t so perfect anymore. Over time, I’ve realised that FinOps...
2026-04-20 (first published: 2026-04-13)
177 reads
DevOps is about shortening the system development lifecycle. Plan faster, build faster, test faster, deploy faster. But while we accelerate delivery, why not shorten the expense lifecycle as well?...
2026-04-17
16 reads
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue a chaotic cloud environment is where it gets interesting. FinOps is about building a culture...
2026-04-15 (first published: 2026-04-06)
991 reads
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but I’ve also watched teams stumble during adoption. FinOps sounds simple in theory: collaborate, track costs,...
2026-04-09
848 reads
As someone who works in DevOps, I’m always focused on creating systems that are efficient, scalable, and reliable. But when it comes to the cloud, one critical piece often...
2026-03-30 (first published: 2026-03-15)
196 reads
In my experience, FinOps success has never been just about tools or dashboards. It comes down to people. The right structure, the right ownership, and clear accountability make all...
2026-03-18 (first published: 2026-03-17)
33 reads
One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced in cloud operations is maintaining clear visibility into cloud costs. In the cloud, resources can be spun up in seconds and scaled...
2026-03-18 (first published: 2026-03-17)
41 reads
Over time, I’ve realised that one of the hardest parts of cloud management isn’t deploying infrastructure — it’s balancing performance with cost. The cloud gives us incredible flexibility, but...
2026-03-18
24 reads
Working in DevOps long enough teaches you two universal truths: That’s exactly why I lean heavily on FinOps. For me, it’s not just a framework — it’s the reality...
2026-03-18
18 reads
By Steve Jones
A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
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When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
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