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Free Puppies or Free Beer: Understanding When to Use Open Source Software

Nov 19, 2025 • Findlay Hilchie

Open source tools power the modern enterprise—but not all ‘free’ software is created equal. Learn the difference between free as in beer, free as in puppy, and when to invest in paid tooling.

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Digital Dragons: Hoarding, FinOps, and the Cost of Forgotten Treasure

Nov 06, 2025 • Findlay Hilchie

How teams accumulate cloud clutter, and how to build a simple, cyclical loop to audit, discuss, deprecate, and delete your digital hoard — turning chaos into clarity with FinOps thinking.

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