Cloud Optimization | Hokstad Consulting

Building AI Agent Message Flows with Azure Service Bus

October 14, 2026 Cloud Computing Cloud Optimization DevOps Management Security Operations

Set up queues, topics and versioned message contracts for session-ordered AI agent workflows with retries, security and dead-letter recovery.

October 11, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management Model Evaluation Resource Allocation

Track every model call, normalise tokens, convert rates to GBP, attribute costs to tasks and monitor spend.

October 10, 2026 Cloud Optimization Automation Cost Management Resource Allocation

Use iteration, token and spend caps plus atomic budget reservation to stop agent loops and control AI costs.

October 09, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management DevOps Management

Compare hard caps and soft alerts for LLM budgets, with thresholds, reservations, fallbacks and enforcement guidance.

October 07, 2026 Cloud Optimization Automation Cost Management Performance

Measure AI agent cost as total delivery spend / accepted tasks — include retries, tools and human review to reveal true per-task cost.

September 30, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management Resource Allocation

Compare five preemptible VM models for render farms to find true cost per finished frame, accounting for retries and deadline risk.

September 30, 2026 DevOps Management Cloud Optimization Security Operations

GitOps for multi-cluster Kubernetes: use bases/overlays, labels for targeting, external secret references, and promote immutable releases.

September 28, 2026 DevOps Management Cloud Optimization Resource Allocation

Configure rolling updates, probes and cluster headroom so autoscaling can schedule surge Pods and keep Kubernetes rollouts zero‑downtime.

September 28, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management DevOps Management

Use native cloud billing first; add open-source tools only to fill gaps for multi‑cloud, Kubernetes, governance or reporting.

September 26, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management Resource Allocation

Compare seven Kubernetes rightsizing tools by control model, automation and cost impact to pick a safe, practical fit for your team.

September 22, 2026 Cloud Optimization Cost Management DevOps Management

Design role-based cloud dashboards that prioritise service health and spend, link alerts to logs and runbooks, and reduce noise.

September 21, 2026 DevOps Management Cloud Optimization Cost Management

Compare shared vs dedicated CI runners by total delivery cost—minutes, queue delays, developer wait time and upkeep.