You build it, you budget it? 💰
Figma’s recent S-1 filing was called out in a flurry of headlines for declaring a spend of "$300,000 a day" on AWS. At face value, that number seems shocking, but perhaps the industry reaction itself is the main thing worth examining. Many organizations subscribe to the “you build it, you run it” operating model, but this ownership rarely extends to costs. When was the last time your pager went off in the night because a service experienced an unusual spike in costs? ☎️🧑🚒 ...