Understand it
A table anonymiser
What I built (github) is a first step, not the destination. An anonymiser can strip identifiers from a billing file like a CUR, and mine is designed to work across table formats, not just AWS, but the structure of the data still carries meaning. Even without names, a detailed billing
Cloud strategy rarely survives the trip to engineering
FinOps gets stronger when it stops behaving like a reporting function and starts translating executive intent into operational reality. Cloud cost is not just an optimisation problem. It is a business decision about risk, reward, and which outcomes are worth paying for.
Missing defaults in every day products
You can see the power of defaults on things that do not have default but should.
Why FinOps still lives in Excel
FinOps still lives in Excel not because tools are weak, but because the discipline lacks mandatory, GAAP-like standards. Without set in stone standardsthere is not much to build on. Until the foundation stabilises, wide adjustments are needed, and maturity stays out of reach.
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IT value theory
What if the value of IT isn’t cost, savings, or efficiency, but belief? This essay proposes a way to read IT value through three layers: precision, interpretation, and commitment. Not as theory, but as how organisations already decide what future they fund.