How to build an Agent policy Agents need a policy. Don’t reinvent governance. Apply what you already do with people: review, limit, escalate, grow trust. Reality begins not when the model speaks, but when it starts doing.
AWS feels different. Here’s how that changes my approach. Something has changed in how AWS absorbs mistakes. Benevolence hasn’t disappeared, but it’s no longer where many practitioners expect it. This essay examines what happens when discretion moves into systems, contracts become the floor, and old assumptions stop holding.
FinOps tools are consolidating: Flexera–ProsperOps, DoiT’s buying spree, and the platform endgame FinOps tooling is consolidating into CloudOps platforms. Flexera buys ProsperOps (vertical execution) and Chaos Genius (horizontal data scope). DoiT is buying across Kubernetes, security and Snowflake. PE speeds change. Policy turns intent into action; plan for vendor risk. Next: AWS 'normal' era...