The Reasoning Show Leveraging FinOps to Scale a Startup
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Oct 11, 2023 Anish Bishen, Jay Rawal, and Ieva Jonaityte discuss scaling infrastructure and data services at a startup with FinOps enabled. They explore challenges in managing data across multiple cloud platforms, balancing user experience and cost in a multi-cloud environment, and implementing cost optimization in a startup. Lessons learned include the importance of simplicity, seeking help, and partnering with experts to enhance communication and efficiency.
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Invisible B2B2C App Platform At Carrier Scale
- Sliide operates as an invisible B2B2C provider embedding white‑label Android apps into carrier and OEM devices at massive scale.
- Jay described onboarding hundreds of thousands of users per device distribution and running multi‑cloud stacks across GCP Firebase and AWS backends.
Data Mesh To Avoid Cross Cloud Data Movement
- Sliide processes nearly a billion events per day from six million monthly active users across GCP and AWS, creating strong data gravity on both clouds.
- Anish is moving toward a data mesh with a virtualization layer so data stays in place while queries federate across BigQuery and Redshift.
Augment Small DevOps With External Cloud Experts
- Augment small platform teams with external cloud expertise to get both cost savings and architectural guidance quickly.
- Jay described using DoIT for 24/7 consultancy, FlexSave discounts, and design review tickets when internal time was limited.