In this session, Glenn Gillen (Senior Product Leader at Infracost) demonstrates how teams can shift FinOps left by embedding cost guardrails directly into CloudFormation and CDK pull requests.
See how to:
- Catch 10x provisioning mistakes before deployment
- Block expensive pull requests automatically
- Identify hidden six-figure database risks
- Run remediation campaigns across existing infrastructure
If you’re managing cloud spend in modern IaC workflows, this session shows how to prevent budget overruns before they hit production.
What You’ll Learn
- Why visibility dashboards alone don’t prevent cost overruns
- The “one-character mistake” problem in CloudFormation
- How cost complexity exploded from 10,000 → 10 million price points
- How pull request cost checks stop mistakes instantly
- How Autofix campaigns modernize legacy infrastructure sustainably