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S3: Elite to Mediocre
·2507 words·6 mins
S3 is no longer “cheap” with the evolution of hardware, and other challengers such as cloudflare R2.
Reclaim Hardware Bonus from the Cloud
·2845 words·14 mins
Hardware is interesting again, developments in CPUs and SSDs remain largely unnoticed by the majority of devs. A whole generation of developers is obscured by cloud hype and marketing noise.
FinOps: Endgame Cloud-Exit
·3959 words·8 mins
At the SACC 2023 FinOps session, I fiercely criticized cloud vendors. This is a transcript of my speech, introducing the ultimate FinOps concept — cloud-exit and its implementation path.
SLA: Placebo or Insurance?
·2404 words·5 mins
SLA is a marketing tool rather than insurance. In the worst-case scenario, it’s an unavoidable loss; at best, it provides emotional comfort.
EBS: Pig Slaughter Scam
·3875 words·8 mins
The real business model of cloud: “Cheap” EC2/S3 to attract customers, and fleece with “Expensive” EBS/RDS