Platform Engineering Embeds Cost Controls Into Developer Workflows
The article argues that organizations must shift cloud cost controls left by integrating FinOps into platform engineering workflows, citing an example where a Kubernetes service cost $47,000 monthly discovered three weeks after deployment. It recommends surfacing estimated monthly costs in self-service portals, posting cost deltas to pull requests using tools like Infracost/OpenCost, and enforcing Rego-based deployment gates to prevent budget overruns and improve cost efficiency.
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