This post was originally triggered – and I choose that word carefully – by a recent experience on a cloud cost-optimisation project. These experiences prompted me to consider how things had changed since I started working in software. As part of the project that provoked me, I was researching the topic of cloud cost analysis and was struck by how many people complained that the tools the big three providers give you are not adequate to the task. I had a look myself and indeed found that the ques...