Meetup #2 - FinOps principles & AWS SQS

Join us for an engaging evening where we will delve into the latest Amazon Web Services innovations and explore all things cloud infrastructure and cloud computing. This meetup, organized by the AWS User Group Ankara, is the perfect opportunity to network with like-minded professionals, exchange insights, and stay up-to-date with the rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Agenda:
19:00 - From Shock to Control: A FinOps Perspective
19:45 - Networking & Pizza
20:00 - What the Siege of Gondor Teaches Us About AWS SQS

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Speakers and Talks:

Onur Yıldırım - AWS Community Builder, Cloud Alliance Lead at Kloia

Topic: From Shock to Control: A FinOps Perspective

Description : AWS bills rarely look scary because of pricing; they look scary because architecture and usage patterns are misunderstood.

In this session, we’ll explore how FinOps principles help teams move from cost anxiety to cost control. Through real-world examples, we’ll discuss how architectural decisions, workload behavior, and operational habits directly shape your AWS bill — and how FinOps enables engineering and business teams to speak the same language.

This talk focuses on practical insights, not discounts or pricing tricks.

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Ali Ogun - AWS Community Builder, AWS Certified Cloud Architecting and Engineering professional at Hyland

Topic: What the Siege of Gondor Teaches Us About AWS SQS

Description: Message queues seem simple until distributed systems get involved.
In this session, we'll explore how the Siege of Gondor from The Lord of the Rings helps us understand the challenges of message ordering in modern cloud architectures.