Tag: finops
All the articles with the tag "finops".
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I Asked My AI Agent for an Itemized Bill. It Got Awkward.
A month of heavy AI agent use, itemized: only a fifth of the tokens wrote code, almost half could run on a cheaper model, and the prompt cache quietly bills you for every coffee break.
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The Cost of Agents: A FinOps Model for Token-Hungry Systems
An agent that loops and calls tools spends tokens like a single prompt never does. Here is the cost model that explains the bill, and the levers that cut it without making the agent dumber.
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Negotiating a Nine-Figure Cloud Deal: What Engineers Should Know
A multi-year hyperscaler commitment is an architecture decision wearing a procurement costume, and engineers who skip the room get the bill.
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FinOps Is Just Capacity Planning With a Better Hat
Owning a large cloud P&L taught me that cost is an engineering-culture problem, not a dashboard. Where the tooling earns its keep and where it is theater.