How to Think About Cloud Spend When the Budget Gets Cut
At some point, most engineering leaders will sit across from a finance partner who needs a 15 or 20 percent reduction in cloud spend by end of quarter. It’s one of those conversations that’s uncomfortable not because the math is hard but because the decisions behind the math are real — you’re choosing what to protect and what to let get slower, noisier, or more constrained. Having been through this more than once, I’ve developed some views on which cuts are straightforward and which ones look cheap in the short term but cost you later. ...