The first hour with a new cloud account
A newly delivered cloud account is at its most exposed in the hour before anyone configures it. Here is the order to do things in, and why that order matters.
Cloud Insights
Practical guidance on choosing cloud platforms, controlling spend and hardening accounts after delivery.
Billing alerts and budgets, before you deploy anything
Cloud billing is consumption-based and continuous, which means the feedback arrives after the money is spent. Alerts are the only mechanism that closes that gap.
What free tiers and trial credits actually cover
Free tiers, trial credits and always-free allowances are three different things with three different failure modes. Knowing which you have changes how you should build.