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Sharing what the Cloud Providers don't want you to know. Providing tips on negotiating your cloud deal & optimizing your environment. I also post the best cloud memes. Follow for more 🤝
POV in 2026: You heard every major LLM company leader say coding was going to become autonomous and you didn't build anything?
May 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
POV in 2026: You heard every major LLM company leader say coding was going to become autonomous and you didn't build anything?
Asked a VP of Engineering how they're handling AI adoption
Their response: "We're paying our best engineers 2x to build AI tooling instead of hiring as many new grads as we used to"
Don't believe me? Even giants like Microsoft and Netflix are taking this approach 👇
Their response: "We're paying our best engineers 2x to build AI tooling instead of hiring as many new grads as we used to"
Don't believe me? Even giants like Microsoft and Netflix are taking this approach 👇
May 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Asked a VP of Engineering how they're handling AI adoption
Their response: "We're paying our best engineers 2x to build AI tooling instead of hiring as many new grads as we used to"
Don't believe me? Even giants like Microsoft and Netflix are taking this approach 👇
Their response: "We're paying our best engineers 2x to build AI tooling instead of hiring as many new grads as we used to"
Don't believe me? Even giants like Microsoft and Netflix are taking this approach 👇
How 90% of Cloud Cost discussions go at a large organization
May 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
How 90% of Cloud Cost discussions go at a large organization
I wish you could block people on Teams
May 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I wish you could block people on Teams
SF people love to make fun of non-technical people without realizing every B2B SaaS company relies on sales teams closing million-dollar deals
Coding ain't paying the bills until someone sells it
Coding ain't paying the bills until someone sells it
April 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
SF people love to make fun of non-technical people without realizing every B2B SaaS company relies on sales teams closing million-dollar deals
Coding ain't paying the bills until someone sells it
Coding ain't paying the bills until someone sells it
How do you gain an edge if you're AWS or GCP?
"Make them an offer they can't refuse"
Turn the Cloud deal into a balance of trade partnership (AWS)
OR
Invest equity in the company (GCP)
x.com/cloudventur...
"Make them an offer they can't refuse"
Turn the Cloud deal into a balance of trade partnership (AWS)
OR
Invest equity in the company (GCP)
x.com/cloudventur...
April 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
How do you gain an edge if you're AWS or GCP?
"Make them an offer they can't refuse"
Turn the Cloud deal into a balance of trade partnership (AWS)
OR
Invest equity in the company (GCP)
x.com/cloudventur...
"Make them an offer they can't refuse"
Turn the Cloud deal into a balance of trade partnership (AWS)
OR
Invest equity in the company (GCP)
x.com/cloudventur...
April 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
If your CTO looks like this, you are not migrating to the Cloud
April 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If your CTO looks like this, you are not migrating to the Cloud
Crazy how much you can grift off once being a former-VP at Amazon
There's probably another 500+ other VPs at Amazon looking at him jealous he created an entire business off their personas
There's probably another 500+ other VPs at Amazon looking at him jealous he created an entire business off their personas
April 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Crazy how much you can grift off once being a former-VP at Amazon
There's probably another 500+ other VPs at Amazon looking at him jealous he created an entire business off their personas
There's probably another 500+ other VPs at Amazon looking at him jealous he created an entire business off their personas
The system of record (ERP, CRM) is no longer important software and will become an archaic layer
Agent solutions will be the new layer of interaction with employees
Salesforce ➡️ Agentforce
Microsoft ➡️ Copilot Studio
SAP ➡️ Joule
Agent solutions will be the new layer of interaction with employees
Salesforce ➡️ Agentforce
Microsoft ➡️ Copilot Studio
SAP ➡️ Joule
April 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The system of record (ERP, CRM) is no longer important software and will become an archaic layer
Agent solutions will be the new layer of interaction with employees
Salesforce ➡️ Agentforce
Microsoft ➡️ Copilot Studio
SAP ➡️ Joule
Agent solutions will be the new layer of interaction with employees
Salesforce ➡️ Agentforce
Microsoft ➡️ Copilot Studio
SAP ➡️ Joule
Me trying to build a vibe-coded project in one weekend
April 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Me trying to build a vibe-coded project in one weekend
How to make a post go viral on 𝕏 today:
1.) I can’t believe this app is free
2.) Never deleting this app
3.) I think about this a lot
1.) I can’t believe this app is free
2.) Never deleting this app
3.) I think about this a lot
April 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How to make a post go viral on 𝕏 today:
1.) I can’t believe this app is free
2.) Never deleting this app
3.) I think about this a lot
1.) I can’t believe this app is free
2.) Never deleting this app
3.) I think about this a lot
This is the exact persona to avoid when selling Cloud Infrastructure
The “technically correct but commercially irrelevant” engineer will tank every deal
x.com/zeeg/status...
The “technically correct but commercially irrelevant” engineer will tank every deal
x.com/zeeg/status...
April 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This is the exact persona to avoid when selling Cloud Infrastructure
The “technically correct but commercially irrelevant” engineer will tank every deal
x.com/zeeg/status...
The “technically correct but commercially irrelevant” engineer will tank every deal
x.com/zeeg/status...
Perplexity is a good product and will become a major search engine
April 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Perplexity is a good product and will become a major search engine
How do the AI influencers not get tired of testing every new single model that comes out every week?
Like do people really even see the incremental improvement anymore?
Like do people really even see the incremental improvement anymore?
April 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
How do the AI influencers not get tired of testing every new single model that comes out every week?
Like do people really even see the incremental improvement anymore?
Like do people really even see the incremental improvement anymore?
When finance teams try to tell engineers how to optimize their cloud costs
x.com/notch/statu...
x.com/notch/statu...
April 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
When finance teams try to tell engineers how to optimize their cloud costs
x.com/notch/statu...
x.com/notch/statu...
Microsoft's enterprise deals are now bigger than AWS in some sectors
Why? Because Microsoft bundles Office + Azure + Enterprise agreements into one renewal contract that's impossible for CIOs to ignore
Cloud deals are becoming one pillar of an overall company partnership
Why? Because Microsoft bundles Office + Azure + Enterprise agreements into one renewal contract that's impossible for CIOs to ignore
Cloud deals are becoming one pillar of an overall company partnership
April 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Microsoft's enterprise deals are now bigger than AWS in some sectors
Why? Because Microsoft bundles Office + Azure + Enterprise agreements into one renewal contract that's impossible for CIOs to ignore
Cloud deals are becoming one pillar of an overall company partnership
Why? Because Microsoft bundles Office + Azure + Enterprise agreements into one renewal contract that's impossible for CIOs to ignore
Cloud deals are becoming one pillar of an overall company partnership
How my wife sees me when I talk about why Cloud Infrastructure is the most important technology right now
April 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How my wife sees me when I talk about why Cloud Infrastructure is the most important technology right now
If you're paying Accenture to define your AI strategy, you're NGMI
April 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If you're paying Accenture to define your AI strategy, you're NGMI
🚨BREAKING: Claude discovers marketing
April 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
🚨BREAKING: Claude discovers marketing
Your most secure systems have one critical vulnerability: the humans who operate them.
Story time: 🍿
A developer at a cybersecurity firm received what appeared to be a legitimate recruitment email from a prestigious hedge fund.
Story time: 🍿
A developer at a cybersecurity firm received what appeared to be a legitimate recruitment email from a prestigious hedge fund.
April 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Your most secure systems have one critical vulnerability: the humans who operate them.
Story time: 🍿
A developer at a cybersecurity firm received what appeared to be a legitimate recruitment email from a prestigious hedge fund.
Story time: 🍿
A developer at a cybersecurity firm received what appeared to be a legitimate recruitment email from a prestigious hedge fund.
$20 p/m for all these different AI tools feels like when it was $6-7 for an Uber
Subsidized costs to gain max market share and will inevitably raise prices
Subsidized costs to gain max market share and will inevitably raise prices
April 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
$20 p/m for all these different AI tools feels like when it was $6-7 for an Uber
Subsidized costs to gain max market share and will inevitably raise prices
Subsidized costs to gain max market share and will inevitably raise prices
How one line of code can be the difference between $500k and $1m of cloud spend
Erik Peterson, Founder and CTO of CloudZero, came on FinOps Weekly to host a webinar and discussion called “Million Dollar Lines of Code”
Some of the key takeaways:
Erik Peterson, Founder and CTO of CloudZero, came on FinOps Weekly to host a webinar and discussion called “Million Dollar Lines of Code”
Some of the key takeaways:
April 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How one line of code can be the difference between $500k and $1m of cloud spend
Erik Peterson, Founder and CTO of CloudZero, came on FinOps Weekly to host a webinar and discussion called “Million Dollar Lines of Code”
Some of the key takeaways:
Erik Peterson, Founder and CTO of CloudZero, came on FinOps Weekly to host a webinar and discussion called “Million Dollar Lines of Code”
Some of the key takeaways:
Am I the only one that thinks Ask Grok and Ask Perplexity bots don't provide much more value than just searching it yourself?
They frequently miss the context behind an image or post and it just feels like a waste of resources
They frequently miss the context behind an image or post and it just feels like a waste of resources
April 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Am I the only one that thinks Ask Grok and Ask Perplexity bots don't provide much more value than just searching it yourself?
They frequently miss the context behind an image or post and it just feels like a waste of resources
They frequently miss the context behind an image or post and it just feels like a waste of resources
Theory: once you pass a certain threshold of metrics (>250 followers, post consistency, etc.)
X finally starts to promote your content into the For You page
Last week was the first time a post pushed past 500 views without any retweets/quote tweets
X finally starts to promote your content into the For You page
Last week was the first time a post pushed past 500 views without any retweets/quote tweets
April 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Theory: once you pass a certain threshold of metrics (>250 followers, post consistency, etc.)
X finally starts to promote your content into the For You page
Last week was the first time a post pushed past 500 views without any retweets/quote tweets
X finally starts to promote your content into the For You page
Last week was the first time a post pushed past 500 views without any retweets/quote tweets