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
