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Practical playbooks for Azure architecture, automation, and cost control built by a practitioner.

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Use Azure exports to find RI and Savings Plan candidates and commitment waste

Apr 3, 2026

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11 min read

Use Azure exports to find RI and Savings Plan candidates and commitment waste

A Practical IT guide to choosing the right export set, reading actual versus amortized data correctly, and turning raw cost files into rate-optimization actions.

Matthew Koozer
Matthew Koozer

Cost Optimization

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If nobody trusts the cost model, your showback is already broken

Mar 26, 2026

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8 min read

If nobody trusts the cost model, your showback is already broken

Three failure modes that quietly kill Azure showback, plus a practical MODEL checklist you can use to make shared cost allocation defensible.

Matthew Koozer
Matthew Koozer

Cost Optimization

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Build a usable Azure cost allocation model with exports, tags, and resource groups

Mar 20, 2026

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10 min read

Build a usable Azure cost allocation model with exports, tags, and resource groups

An operator-first guide for Azure teams that need showback or chargeback without turning cost reporting into a science project.

Matthew Koozer
Matthew Koozer

Cost Optimization

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SRE meets FinOps: error budgets for spend

Mar 12, 2026

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8 min read

SRE meets FinOps: error budgets for spend

A simple model for turning cost drift into an operational signal, with a worked example you can adapt in your own cloud environment.

Matthew Koozer
Matthew Koozer

Runbooks

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Don’t let AI fear hype discourage your career path — One Shot Start

Mar 4, 2026

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6 min read

Don’t let AI fear hype discourage your career path — One Shot Start

Matthew Koozer
Matthew Koozer

Runbooks

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Don’t let AI fear hype discourage your career path — Build the path

Mar 1, 2026

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8 min read

Don’t let AI fear hype discourage your career path — Build the path

Build an ATS Job Post Verifier in Google Opal

Matthew Koozer
Matthew Koozer
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