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  • A $500 ChatGPT Plan? The $200 Pro Subscription May Become Irreplaceable

    By Ruohang Feng In AI 1664 words 8 min

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    A $500 ChatGPT Plan? The $200 Pro Subscription May Become Irreplaceable

    On September 24, a new tier surfaced in OpenAI’s frontend: ChatGPT Pro Max, $500 a month. Some screenshots showed $600, a price that included local VAT. The next day, OpenAI itself merged a PR into the open-source Codex repository, renaming the Pro …

    On September 24, a new tier surfaced in OpenAI’s frontend: ChatGPT Pro Max, $500 a month. Some screenshots showed $600, a price that included local VAT. The next day, OpenAI itself merged a PR into the open-source Codex repository, renaming the Pro …

  • The Cognitive Price Revolution: AI's Impact on the Economy and the Future

    By Ruohang Feng In AI 3040 words 15 min

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    The Cognitive Price Revolution: AI's Impact on the Economy and the Future

    Introduction: Reframe the Question “Will AI cause unemployment?” is a question guaranteed to produce garbage answers, because it comes with only two canned scripts. Optimists recite history: from the power loom to the ATM, every technological panic …

    Introduction: Reframe the Question “Will AI cause unemployment?” is a question guaranteed to produce garbage answers, because it comes with only two canned scripts. Optimists recite history: from the power loom to the ATM, every technological panic …

  • How Ahrefs Saved US$400M by NOT Going to the Cloud

    By Ruohang Feng In Cloud-Exit 2162 words 11 min

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    How Ahrefs Saved US$400M by NOT Going to the Cloud

    Original: How Ahrefs Saved US$400M in 3 Years by NOT Going to the Cloud Cloud computing has been very popular in the IT infrastructure space recently, with going to the cloud becoming a trend. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) clouds do have many …

    Original: How Ahrefs Saved US$400M in 3 Years by NOT Going to the Cloud Cloud computing has been very popular in the IT infrastructure space recently, with going to the cloud becoming a trend. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) clouds do have many …

  • FinOps: Endgame Cloud-Exit

    By Ruohang Feng In Cloud-Exit 3939 words 8 min

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    FinOps: Endgame Cloud-Exit

    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 best practice. TL; DR Misaligned FinOps Focus: Total Cost = Unit Price x Quantity. …

    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 best practice. TL; DR Misaligned FinOps Focus: Total Cost = Unit Price x Quantity. …