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19 posts filed under Cloud.

Mar 6, 2026 Data Architecture & Strategy

Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling

Vertical scaling is adding RAM. Horizontal scaling is adding servers. One has a ceiling. One doesn't.

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Feb 28, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

From EUR80K/Month Cloud Bill to EUR45K - The Optimization Sprint

This company cut their cloud data bill from EUR80K to EUR45K in 6 weeks. No functionality lost.

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Feb 14, 2026 Platform & Velocity

When to Actually Implement a Modern Data Stack (SME Edition)

You're paying EUR3K/month for a cloud warehouse. Your Postgres could've handled it.

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Feb 13, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

Cost-Aware Data Engineering - FinOps for Data

Your data team doesn't know what their pipelines cost. That's the first problem.

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Feb 9, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

Managers Overseeing 3X More People Than 2017

The average data team manager is overseeing nearly 3X more people than in 2017. Something has to give.

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Jan 3, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

FinOps Reality Check: 60% Wasted Spend

Up to 60% of your cloud spend can go to waste. And nobody owns the problem.

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Dec 22, 2025 Technical Debt & Economics

Cloud Cost Shock - $100B in Waste

Global enterprises waste $100 billion annually on cloud. Your share is probably 20-40%.

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Sept 29, 2025 Organizational Dynamics

Your most challenging problems aren't technical; they're ...

Your most challenging problems aren't technical; they're social. Stop calling them soft skills.

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Sept 16, 2025 Organizational Dynamics

Most Data Strategies die in a slide deck.

Most Data Strategies die in a slide deck. If yours needs a PDF, it's already too slow.

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