The Vendor Contract Red Flags Most Technical Leaders Miss
A fair price at signing doesn't make a fair contract. Auto-renewal windows, price-lock expiration, data portability, and change-of-control clauses decide what it actually costs.
Finops
4 articles exploring finops
The Data Loader Paradox: Why ELT Got More Expensive During the SaaSpocalypse
SaaS spend is contracting, but data ingestion costs rose 30-50% in a year. Fivetran's connector-level repricing, the dbt merger, and the real build-vs-buy math.
The Startup Cloud Credits Comparison No One Runs: AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud
AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud all court startups with credits. The real comparison isn't compute pricing - it's who pays you more, who locks you in harder, and what happens when the subsidy ends.
The Second Bill: How AI Agents Create Costs Your FinOps Team Can't See
AI agents create a second bill: invisible to FinOps, landing on the wrong invoice, and breaking every financial model built for linear AI costs.