https://jamesm.blog/tags/cloud/ Recent content in Cloud on jamesm.blog https://jamesm.blog/papermod-cover.png https://jamesm.blog/papermod-cover.png Hugo en Sun, 03 May 2026 11:00:00 +0100 https://jamesm.blog/devops/kubernetes-2026-complexity-tax/ Sun, 03 May 2026 11:00:00 +0100 https://jamesm.blog/devops/kubernetes-2026-complexity-tax/ Kubernetes won the orchestration war and then quietly became infrastructure that most teams never wanted. A grounded look in 2026 at when Kubernetes actually pays for its complexity, when it does not, and what the credible alternatives look like now. https://jamesm.blog/devops/self-hosted-vs-managed-2026/ Sat, 02 May 2026 18:00:00 +0100 https://jamesm.blog/devops/self-hosted-vs-managed-2026/ The decision to self-host or use a managed service used to be straightforward. In 2026 the math has shifted in three different directions at once - cloud egress costs, AI workload economics, and the maturity of self-hosted tooling have all moved. A grounded look at how to think about it now. https://jamesm.blog/ai/ai-cloud-subscriptions/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:12:00 +0100 https://jamesm.blog/ai/ai-cloud-subscriptions/ A 2026 buyer's guide to AI cloud subscriptions. Compare API pricing, context windows, rate limits, and consumer plans across Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, xAI, Mistral, and DeepSeek. https://jamesm.blog/devops/aws-s3-files/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:11:00 +0000 https://jamesm.blog/devops/aws-s3-files/ Explore AWS S3 Files, a new file system interface that brings high-performance file access to Amazon S3 data without duplication or complex integration. https://jamesm.blog/devops/cheatsheets/ Sat, 16 Dec 2023 09:28:18 +0100 https://jamesm.blog/devops/cheatsheets/ Quick reference guides and cheatsheets for DevOps tools, cloud computing concepts, Linux commands, and Kubernetes operations. https://jamesm.blog/devops/aws-summit-2023/ Thu, 18 May 2023 09:54:16 +0100 https://jamesm.blog/devops/aws-summit-2023/ AWS Summit London 2023 agenda announcement with keynote details, technical tracks, and planning guidance for attendees. https://jamesm.blog/devops/blogs/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 11:50:32 +0100 https://jamesm.blog/devops/blogs/ Curated list of DevOps and SRE blogs covering infrastructure, automation, continuous delivery, platform engineering, and operational best practices. https://jamesm.blog/devops/monitoring/ Fri, 21 Jan 2022 11:51:18 +0100 https://jamesm.blog/devops/monitoring/ Guide to monitoring and observability tools for cloud infrastructure and applications - AWS CloudWatch, Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, and open-source alternatives. https://jamesm.blog/devops/devops-conferences/ Fri, 28 May 2021 11:51:18 +0100 https://jamesm.blog/devops/devops-conferences/ Guide to major DevOps conferences and summits - KubeCon, DevOpsDays, PlatformCon, AWS re:Invent - covering cloud infrastructure, SRE, and platform engineering.