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by tyingq 1819 days ago
"Less than 25 per cent of those surveyed said they could accurately predict how much they’d spend on Kubernetes to within 5 per cent of actual cost."

The premise seems off to me. Of course people have a hard time predicting the cost of an autoscaling infrastructure that they haven't had for a long time.

Presumably they moved off of a fixed size infrastructure to get to Kubernetes. Where they were either paying for excess capacity on some days, or paying in the form of poor performance when demand exceeded supply.

Five percent accuracy seems like a high bar, and you would want a year or two to understand your seasonality and growth rate, etc.

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Geez, We can barely predict anything within 5%.