Why Cloud Cost Optimization for Engineers Fails
Harness, Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026
Harness argues cloud cost optimization efforts fail when they aren't developer-centric, and outlines FinOps practices engineers will actually adopt.
This Harness post argues that many cloud cost optimization initiatives fail because they aren't designed around how engineers actually work, leading to controls that get ignored or bypassed.
It proposes developer-centric FinOps practices intended to make cost awareness part of the engineering workflow rather than a separate compliance exercise.
The piece positions Harness's tooling as supporting this more engineer-friendly approach to cost control.