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Every coder is a fashionista

We in IT pretend we are above fashion. We mock trends, wear bad T-shirts, and call it seriousness. Yet every year we rush to learn the next shiny language, not because we need it, but because it is fashionable. Under the hoodies, we are fashionistas.

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The FinOps market just blinked. And then consolidated.

The monster under the bed was always in the contract

Many cloud strategies were built on assumptions that were never written down. Prices would not rise. Services would not disappear. Performance would hold. None of that was guaranteed. When assumptions live outside the contract, they stop being comfort and start being risk.

Introducing Protect the Doers

Most people become managers by accident. They were good at their job. Someone noticed. A promotion followed. Overnight, producing value was replaced by being responsible for people who do. No manual. No training. This book exists because that gap is real.

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