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Practical insights for cloud professionals

Written by Mayank Pandey — AWS Community Hero, Cloud Architect, and FinOps practitioner.

Latest Articles

FinOpsAWS
Apr 23, 2026
AWS Cost Optimization: A Practical FinOps Guide for 2026
Stop leaving money on the table. Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and rightsizing strategies that actually work in production.
AWSArchitecture
Apr 18, 2026
From On-Prem to AWS: Building a Production-Grade 3-Tier App
Why every AWS service exists — starting from what the business actually needs, not the other way around.
AIArchitecture
Apr 15, 2026
AI Infrastructure Cost Optimization on AWS
Running LLMs in production is expensive. Model routing, serverless inference, and semantic caching to cut AI workload costs significantly.
AWSArchitecture
Apr 8, 2026
Building a Cloud Operating Model That Actually Scales
Most companies treat cloud as a hosting provider. How to design a Cloud Operating Model with Landing Zones and team topologies that scale.
Azure
Apr 1, 2026
Azure Management Groups vs AWS Organizations: A Practical Comparison
Both AWS and Azure have multi-account governance models. How they map to each other and which patterns work best for enterprises.
FinOps
Mar 25, 2026
FOCUS Spec Explained: The Standard That Will Change FinOps
The FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification aims to standardise billing data across AWS, Azure and GCP. What it means for your organisation.
GCPAI
Mar 18, 2026
Getting Started with Looker on GCP: The Honest Guide
Looker is powerful but has a steep learning curve. Practical steps to build your first dashboard and understand LookML without the sales pitch.
Mayank Pandey

About the Author

Mayank Pandey

AWS Community Hero and Cloud Architect with 15+ years of experience. AWS Solutions Architect Professional, FinOps Practitioner, and AWS Authorized Instructor. Creator of the KnowledgeIndia YouTube channel (80,000+ subscribers). Based in Melbourne, Australia.