The Unit Economics Of Watering My Lawn: A Lesson On Runaway AI Costs
My wife and I spent hours this summer at home digging in the dirt. We planted new shrubs and perennials and created a small vegetable garden. We spread many square yards of fresh topsoil and grass seed over areas of lawn that needed rejuvenation. It turns out, I should have done all that landscaping with a FinOps leader’s mindset — before my water bill tripled when I wasn’t looking.