THE SHORT ANSWER
Because auto-scaling optimizes for availability, not unit economics, hiding inefficient code under raw compute power.
Flashcards
Q1
What is the true cost of over-provisioning?
Paying for idle compute capacity that provides no additional business value or resilience.
Q2
How does data egress quietly destroy margins?
Cloud providers charge heavily for data leaving their network, penalizing inefficient API calls or multi-cloud transfers.
Q3
Why is FinOps an engineering problem, not just finance?
Because engineers control the architectural decisions (like instance types and database queries) that dictate the cost.
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This page covers Cloud Cost & FinOps Realities as a technical flashcard. Description: Why do cloud bills scale faster than user growth?.