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Josh Schlanger

Cloud & FinOps practitioner, founder of CloudXray AI, writing on cloud, cost, and AI.

FinOps Is Moving Closer to the Work - Issue No. 13

Jun 2, 2026

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8 min read

FinOps Is Moving Closer to the Work - Issue No. 13

The next era of FinOps will not be won by explaining the bill after the fact. It will be won by governing the cost of work before it happens.

Josh Schlanger
Josh Schlanger
FinOps Is Still at the Beginning - Issue No. 12

May 27, 2026

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5 min read

FinOps Is Still at the Beginning - Issue No. 12

Why FinOps today feels a lot like Cybersecurity around 2015

Josh Schlanger
Josh Schlanger
FinOps & Beyond - No. 11

May 19, 2026

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12 min read

FinOps & Beyond - No. 11

FinOps still has a greenfield problem, and most of the industry stopped talking about it.

Josh Schlanger
Josh Schlanger
FinOps & Beyond - No. 10

May 12, 2026

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11 min read

FinOps & Beyond - No. 10

FinOps measures what has a bill. Gross margin lives in what doesn't

Josh Schlanger
Josh Schlanger
FinOps & Beyond - No. 09

May 5, 2026

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10 min read

FinOps & Beyond - No. 09

When AI moves the engineering bottleneck instead of eliminating it, margin pays the bill.

Josh Schlanger
Josh Schlanger
FinOps & Beyond - No. 08

Apr 27, 2026

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9 min read

FinOps & Beyond - No. 08

80% margins forgave architectural carelessness. 50% margins do not.

Josh Schlanger
Josh Schlanger
FinOps & Beyond - No. 07

Apr 20, 2026

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10 min read

FinOps & Beyond - No. 07

You cannot control the next environment if you cannot clean up this one.

Josh Schlanger
Josh Schlanger
FinOps & Beyond - No. 06

Apr 13, 2026

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16 min read

FinOps & Beyond - No. 06

Where to Start? A practical path from cost visibility to cost ownership

Josh Schlanger
Josh Schlanger
FinOps & Beyond - No. 05

Apr 6, 2026

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15 min read

FinOps & Beyond - No. 05

The default is expensive. Build like it matters from the start.

Josh Schlanger
Josh Schlanger
FinOps & Beyond - No. 04

Mar 30, 2026

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14 min read

FinOps & Beyond - No. 04

The cost floor is rising, and visibility alone won’t save you.

Josh Schlanger
Josh Schlanger
FinOps & Beyond - No. 03

Mar 23, 2026

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13 min read

FinOps & Beyond - No. 03

More Teams. More Governance. Still More Waste.

Josh Schlanger
Josh Schlanger
FinOps & Beyond - No. 02

Mar 16, 2026

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11 min read

FinOps & Beyond - No. 02

Visibility Theater: Why FinOps Keeps Producing Insights Nobody Acts On

Josh Schlanger
Josh Schlanger
FinOps & Beyond - No. 01

Mar 9, 2026

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12 min read

FinOps & Beyond - No. 01

AI Efficiency, Layoffs, and the Unit Economics Beneath the Surface

Josh Schlanger
Josh Schlanger

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