2026-03-16 news
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AWS feels different. Hereโs how that changes my approach.
Something has changed in how AWS absorbs mistakes. Benevolence hasnโt disappeared, but itโs no longer where many practitioners expect it. This essay examines what happens โฆ
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 โฆ
AWS sells to the tribe, not the board
Cloud marketing is, on purpose, deeply technical. It is written for people who like systems, clean abstractions, and the feeling of being competent.
When good top-down structure is on the other side
People say, โIโm talking with AWSโ. It sounds grown-up. It also hides the only thing that matters: you are talking with a human being who has a job title, a quota, and a โฆ
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AWS Bedrock adds Priority, Standard, Flex. Priority: lower latency, ~60โ90% pricier. Standard: predictable baseline. Flex: ~50% of Standard, slower. Anthropic stays โฆ
There is more to DB savings plans than you think
AWS has loudly dropped a small revolution into the pricing pond. Savings Plans for Database look a natural extension of the past, but there is much more.
AWSโs new flat-rate bundles: a small announcement with big consequences
AWSโs new flat-rate CloudFront bundles hint at a shift from metered cloud pricing to predictable, use-case-based plans. If expanded, this model could reduce overspend โฆ
How to keep track of ephemeral VMs
Tracking ephemeral VMs is hard: they appear, run briefly, and vanish before most tools detect them. The result is missing context, incomplete CMDBs, and charges with no โฆ
Only get the AWS cost data you need
The first FinOps Toolkit tool, cost_and_usage.py, was built for simplicity: one command, one CSV, two columns โ date and number. It pulls AWS cost data with minimal โฆ