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 …
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Financial-Literacy
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An AWS pricing investigation
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Learning in public - What is amortisation
Learning in public
FinOps - AWS Pricing API - How to get the list of AWS services and Regions
Hello, latest update on my learning in public: First article on AWS pricing - AWS Pricing API A list of AWS region codes and a way to get them from the AWS CLI and jq A …
AWS size flexible - normalization factor table
I always forget where to find the AWS normalization factor table for flexible-size RI. The simple url is https://frankcontrepois.com/rinormalization So here it is: …
Why do we sign contracts without reading them
We agree on T&C without reading them. In other words, we sign contracts we do not read. We do so because it is long and painful to go throught the length of legalese …
How are you paid
“In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.” Harold S. Geneen.
Numbers don't lie
Numbers do not lie, that’s true. Numbers do not tell the true either. Intepretation is what makes numbers lie, tell the truth, or provide support to a narrative
What is business operations
The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets owned by a business. Assets can be either physical or intangible. An example of value derived …
The double Irish
it is not a cocktail