How to find innovative solutions to complex problems
How to find innovative solutions to complex problems and invite collaboration.
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‘Military-grade security’ is a category error.
‘Military-grade security’ is a category error. It often means rugged hardware, not resilient controls. Think Rite in the Rain notebooks: great in mud and rain, irrelevant …
FinOps wants to grow. It might shrink instead
As cloud approaches trillion-dollar scale, it becomes infrastructure. FinOps practices standardise and disperse into finance, engineering, and procurement. What remains …
All you need is flow - ta ta da da da
The flow seems to be the most important thing in many activities.
A framework helps people think. A system helps people operate
A framework helps people think. A system helps people operate FinOps has a framework, and that matters. But frameworks guide attention. A field matures when more people …
Stop being supportive AI, please
AI feels helpful when you are thinking—but that is the trap.
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 …
When the defaults no longer fit
FinOps often feels simple on paper, then stubbornly complex in practice. When the defaults stop fitting, the friction isn’t failure. It’s experience. This field note is …
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 …