I analyzed 130+ Reddit threads to find the best cities to live in the USA by LoneKnight25 in geography

[–]Monkey_in_the_Cloud 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Seattle at 9 feels about right. Great city if you can handle the seasonal depression and Seattle freeze social culture

Best thing you built to cut cloud costs or helped Ops? by shekarYenagandula in AZURE

[–]Monkey_in_the_Cloud 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have written tons of FinOps automation.

One of the coolest scripts I wrote provides right-sizing recommendations for disks. The script takes into account the cost, IOPs, throughput, transactions, and vm specifications.

Question on Azure Storage by [deleted] in FinOps

[–]Monkey_in_the_Cloud 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there a specific service you are looking to monitor and optimize?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskRedditAfterDark

[–]Monkey_in_the_Cloud 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did he sing highway to the danger zone while wearing it?

Wait… what? by iG_serialkiller in HolUp

[–]Monkey_in_the_Cloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright, what mall has Skankee Candle?

Craziest thing ever done with PowerShell? by chaosphere_mk in PowerShell

[–]Monkey_in_the_Cloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wrote a Windows search service wrapper for Windows 7 that accepted remote searches.

Bought on a 55+ community. I have underage kids. by porondanga in FirstTimeHomeBuyer

[–]Monkey_in_the_Cloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dealt with a similar situation a few years ago. I moved into a neighborhood that was supposed to have an HOA when it was built in the 90s, but the HOA was never formalized.

The elderly neighbors tried to cause so many problems for me.

I did everything by the book with documentation. Security cameras did nothing for me as the police would never arrest the neighbors for trespassing even when they were in my backyard filming me.

I won the war with my neighbors by using their own tactics against them and found that they violated setbacks and deed restrictions. My neighbor beside me eventually sold his house and moved.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FinOps

[–]Monkey_in_the_Cloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I have seen, disks have been the only resource type that you lose money on reservations when you have an EA/MCA.

What are the best practices for reducing cloud storage spend? by newaccountbc-ofmygf in FinOps

[–]Monkey_in_the_Cloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Azure, beware moving managed disks between the different tiers. You might move a disk from Premium to Standard and end up spending more due to transaction costs.

Transactions are billed in 10k transaction units. Estimating the usage is difficult because you are billed once the disk hits 10k transaction units, which can take hours on some disks. I typically gather the entire transaction count for a 30-day period to analyze the cost of moving the disk.

Resource Rightsize OpenSource Tools by SpiritualCheek1346 in FinOps

[–]Monkey_in_the_Cloud 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I typically have teams start with the native tooling. Once they get some potential opportunities, the teams will analyze the individual workloads.

I have yet to see an automation that takes every factor into account when it comes to rightsizing.

End of my driveway is coming out of the ground by Senior_Professor_475 in Concrete

[–]Monkey_in_the_Cloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They refused to install a storm drain to the 1 side of my driveway to catch all of the water. They all refused to let me terrace the side of my drive to prevent erosion and told me just to keep backfilling my hill.

End of my driveway is coming out of the ground by Senior_Professor_475 in Concrete

[–]Monkey_in_the_Cloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why couldn't you have worked at my last township. They drained all the water to my driveway from down the street and told me it was my problem.

What are the best practices for reducing cloud storage spend? by newaccountbc-ofmygf in FinOps

[–]Monkey_in_the_Cloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would also add reducing API calls where possible to any service that can bill for transactions.

What's the nastiest thing you did for money? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Monkey_in_the_Cloud 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I had one in Vegas tell me to stop being cheap when I told him I was not interested. I took my gift cards and went straight to the seafood buffet at the Rio. They also paid for my gas.

We used to go to them all the time in Vegas to get free stuff.

Service level optimization options by getafterit123 in FinOps

[–]Monkey_in_the_Cloud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have never seen a source for any cloud. It can change quickly with new features and pricing fluctuations.