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Manual cost optimization is a losing battle. If you are still chasing engineers to tag resources or manually checking dashboards for waste, you are creating a bottleneck.

The future of FinOps is AUTOMATION.

In this episode, we dive deep into how to build a "Self-Driving" FinOps practice by integrating cost controls directly into your development lifecycle (SDLC).

We discuss with Ernesto (Glassity) and Dustin (KPMG) how to replace manual gatekeeping with automated guardrails in your CI/CD pipelines and Terraform code.

What you will learn:

Automated Tagging: How to inject tags at creation time so you never miss a resource.

The "Feedback Loop": Using tools to show cost impact before deployment (in the PR).

Policy as Code: Implementing guardrails that block expensive resources automatically.

Reducing Toil: How automation frees up engineers to focus on features, not finance.

00:00 Introduction
00:58 Challenges in FinOps
04:12 Prioritization and Management in FinOps
08:36 Integrating FinOps into the Software Development Life Cycle
12:01 Automation and Tooling in FinOps
23:04 Motivating Teams and Driving Change
38:47 Future of FinOps and Continuous Improvement
43:52 Conclusion and Final Thoughts