DevOps vs FinOps: WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? with Viktor Farcic

What's the problem to solve for FinOps with the DevOps lifecycle?

Today we kick off the FinOps Weekly Podcast with a very interesting discussion with Viktor Farcic, developer advocate at , and well known Youtube Creator with this channel

We dive deep into the absurds of cost reduction against value, the benefits of ephemeral dev environments for reducing costs and how to survive Black Friday without getting a huge bill by the end of the month.

Index of Contents

00:00 Intro

02:42 Discussion on DevOps and FinOps

04:29 Resource Management and Auto Scaling

13:37 Challenges in Dev Environments

24:30 Importance of Testing in Production

25:53 Observability and Automation

26:56 Scaling Strategies for High Traffic Events

28:41 Balancing Performance and Cost

33:30 Leveraging Alternative Cloud Providers

37:44 Adopting GitOps for Security and Efficiency

42:45 Future of AI and FinOps

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DevOps Toolkit (Viktor Youtube Channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfz8x0lVzJpb_dgWm9kPVrw 

Viktor's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktorfarcic/ 

 

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