PinnedCody SlingerlandHow Engineering And Finance Can Have More Productive Conversations Around Software COGSDiscover four tips for having a productive conversation with your C-suite about the SaaS COGS that will drive results for your business.5 min read·Jun 30, 2021----
Cody SlingerlandCloud Cost Takes Centerstage: How Airbnb, Netflix, And Twitter Plan To OptimizeAmid the first bear market in over a decade, the world’s largest companies are facing intense pressure to cut back.7 min read·Nov 17, 2022----
Cody SlingerlandBreaking The Tag Barrier: A Better Way To Organize Cloud SpendTagging, as a means of organizing our cloud environments, has utterly, totally, failed us.5 min read·Oct 6, 2021----
Cody SlingerlandThe Legacy Of Infrastructure As Code: CloudZero Dimensions Transform Cloud CostFew practices exemplify the impact of DevOps more than Infrastructure as Code (IaC).5 min read·Sep 27, 2021----
Cody SlingerlandHow CloudZero Manages Cloud Costs During Our Product Discovery ProcessLike any SaaS organization, CloudZero cares about our COGS, margin, and unit cost. As you can imagine, we have a fair amount of insight…4 min read·Aug 23, 2021----
Cody SlingerlandAndreesen Horowitz’s A Trillion Dollar Paradox: Why Repatriation Isn’t The AnswerIt’s been a great time for exciting insights about the role that engineering must play in driving profitable innovation.5 min read·Aug 16, 2021----
Cody SlingerlandSaaS Companies Are Reporting Weaker Margins Than They Need To — Here’s WhySaaS companies are known for their strong margins. With gross margins typically in the 60–90% range, even SaaS companies with…5 min read·Jul 26, 2021----
Cody SlingerlandThe Problem With Agile Scrum (And Why We Use Kanban Instead)Every engineering team has their own approach when it comes to development methodologies. Most teams have embraced popular frameworks…5 min read·Jul 13, 2021----
Erik PetersonHow Our Roots in Observability Set Us up To Calculate Cost per Tenant on AWSHow CloudZero cracked the code on cost per tenant (also known as cost per customer) to help engineering teams build better cloud systems5 min read·Nov 4, 2020----
Erik PetersonThe King is Dead, Long Live the King!How AWS Savings Plans Shake up the Cloud Cost Optimization Industry and the Future of Cost Engineering4 min read·Nov 18, 2019----