
Principal Cloud Economist @duckbillhq & former global SA @awscloud
Louisville, KY
Joined April 2008
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ericpullen retweeted
With a small assist from @sendcutsend, an ESP32, a hand-soldered junction board, two go microservices, a Kubernetes cluster, a Raspberry Pi, a bluetooth speaker, Codex stitching some print files together, and a sarcastic number of test brews.
Our office coffee machine now sings original songs when the pot is emptied, thanks to @ElevenLabs and a bunch of bullshit from @QuinnyPig
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We're hiring a Head of Engineering at @DuckbillHQ.
We think the entire cloud cost management industry is solving the wrong problem. While everyone else is building tools for making bills smaller for startups, we're building a data platform for making them more predictable and less complex across an entire enterprise.
Given we're early days, this is a builder role. You'll be in the code every day and setting the pace for the team. You'll be leading the team on foundational decisions from day one.
The engineering problems are interesting. We're processing hundreds of millions of rows of billing data per customer per month. We're modeling pricing schemes and contract structures for every provider we support. The dimensionality reaches into the thousands of columns when you combine provider billing data with customer data and the datasets hit terabytes easily. The customer needs to not just query this data, but modify it too--faster than a traditional data pipeline allows.
We're ~12 people, based in SF, well-funded through revenue and our investors, and have the kind of customer list and brand awareness most seed-stage companies spend years trying to build.
Feel free to DM me. Job post and more details about our point of view are linked below.
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New platform. New name. Same Duckbill.
Introducing Skyway.
duckbillhq.com/blog/skyway-c…
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The day has come where we get to announce what we've been working on for the past year 😍
duckbillhq.com/blog/skyway-c…
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Think you know AWS? Join us at #AWSreInvent for “Can’t Beat Corey”, name as many AWS services as possible in 60 seconds.
Can you outscore Corey Quinn?
Time: 3 PM–4 PM
Day: Wed Dec 4th
Location: Duckbill Group Booth #1590
Bragging rights are on the line—don’t miss it!
ericpullen retweeted
Overwhelmed by AWS discount plans?
Blended rates?
EDPs?
Join Mike & Corey at Duckbill Group Office Hours at #AWSreInvent
🗓️ Tuesday, Dec 3rd - 3 PM
📍 Venetian Hotel, St. Mark’s Square.
Bring your questions and walk away with insights for your next contract negotiation.
ericpullen retweeted
AWS re:Invent is better with friends—and a drink in hand. 🍺
Meet us at The Duckbill Group & RedMonk Drinkup on Wednesday, Dec 4, 7:00 PM, at Atomic Liquors. It’s the perfect mix of community, AWS talk, and good fun.
Sign up now: buff.ly/4fEKKDm
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We're hiring a backend software engineer to help build our cost management product. Very small team, so lots of ownership over how to build things. Hybrid in-office (3x/week in-office) in San Francisco. We'll help with relo.
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In hindsight, we really should have written up our philosophy about cost management years ago.
Better late than never!
duckbillgroup.com/why-you-sh…
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In today's episode of "Things we know that we think you should know too" @mikejulian talks about the three core commercials to measure when negotiating your cloud provider contract.
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Last Week In AWS: AWS Prime Day Cost ~$135 million
Have a listen: lastweekinaws.com/podcast/aw…
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I had some thoughts on this week's AWS / AGS New York Summit.
lastweekinaws.com/blog/amazo…
ericpullen retweeted
Ugh. @brooke_jamieson has given me the exact opposite of a friendship bracelet.
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Ugh, @mikejulian is telling me I have to advertise our services at The @DuckbillGroup again.
FINE.
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We’d like to welcome our newest club to the organization! The #Kentucky and #Tennessee #Lightning Club!
ericpullen retweeted
So much for the live and let live libertarianism I grew up in. The GOP's authoritarian wing is active in my home state.
arresting photographs of a silent, four woman protest at the #Wyoming capitol at dusk. theme: handmaid’s protest. my @WTEnews colleague Rhianna Gelhart understood the (photo) assignment. words by Carrie Haderlie. (corrects my earlier misspelling of a name) wyomingnews.com/news/local_n…
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In the biopharmaceutical industry, it can take up to 15 years to go from an idea for a drug to a medicine that’s approved for patients. Learn how #AWS is helping @AstraZeneca use data & #AI to deliver life-changing medicines faster. 🧠🤖➡️ go.aws/3F3kv7r #AstraZeneca
AWS - WIRED Reinventing with Data/ML AstraZeneca
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NEW! AWS Well-Architected Sustainability Pillar. Get the latest design principles to learn, measure & improve your AWS workloads towards sustainability targets, using environmental best practices for cloud computing. #awswellarchitected #sustainability go.aws/3npyv51
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Alright, I'll be giving away this $10,000 Gucci XBox to a follower who retweets this in the next 24 hours. I'll ship it anywhere on earth. Good luck.
Here's what's inside: youtu.be/JnGXTk57rOU





















