Sedai Blog

Kubernetes Taints and Tolerations: Best Practices

Misconfigured taints break bin-packing, GPU isolation & cost attribution. Best practices for keeping Kubernetes workload placement intentional.

Are Junior Devs Going Extinct?

AI may be accelerating engineering productivity, but it’s also forcing companies to rethink the future of junior talent and what it actually means to be a software engineer. Here's what our eng leadership team thinks.

Multi Cloud FinOps: How to Run One Optimization Layer Across AWS, Azure, & GCP

Multi-cloud FinOps fails when three single-cloud practices share a dashboard. Here’s how to run one signal model, one safety bar, & one governance layer across AWS, Azure, & GCP.

Best FinOps Tools for Engineering Leaders in 2026

Get our 2026 comparison of top FinOps tools. Review cost allocation, forecasting, anomaly detection and automation features to choose the best platform.

Cloud Cost Optimization 2026: Visibility to Automation

Transform cloud spending into strategic value. Learn key practices for cost tracking, automation and team culture, and how Sedai drives optimization success.

Cloud Backup Plan Strategy

Build a resilient cloud backup strategy with proven steps to protect your data, cut costs, and ensure fast recovery at any scale.

Kubernetes ConfigMap Usage, Examples, and the Production Drift Problem

Learn what Kubernetes ConfigMaps are, how to use them, and explore real-world examples to manage app configs efficiently in your clusters.

Sedai + Archera: How We're Closing the Gaps in Your Cloud Budget

Sedai and Archera are partnering to optimize the entire cloud cost lifecycle, from insurance-backed commitments to the configuration of individual cloud resources.

Using Amazon ECS Spot, Savings Plan and Reserved Instances to Optimize Costs

Discover AWS pricing models for ECS in this guide, covering On-Demand, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and Spot Instances. Learn how On-Demand instances offer a flexible pay-as-you-go model for fluctuating workloads, and explore the long-term discounts available with Reserved Instances and Savings Plans for predictable usage. Delve into Spot Instances, which provide steep discounts for fault-tolerant or stateless applications. This article also explains how to optimize costs and ensure availability by mixing On-Demand and Spot capacities, with a focus on ECS’s capabilities in automating Spot Instance lifecycle management and integrating with AWS Auto Scaling Groups. Perfect for optimizing your AWS spending strategy.