Ozlem Tanrikulu

Ozlem Tanrikulu

Creator of burn, K8s cost CLI

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Cloud/DevOps Engineer. Build open-source developer tools and work with Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure daily. Run a supercomputer at NEU IBM Center. Speaking at SREday London and Amsterdam 2026.

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  • burn
    burnVerify your Kubernetes costs against your real cloud bill
    Jun 2026
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How are you reconciling Kubernetes costs with your cloud bill?

One thing I ve been thinking about lately is how teams reconcile Kubernetes cost allocation with their actual cloud bill. Most tools do a great job with cost allocation, but understanding why the final cloud bill is different is often much harder.

My current focus is helping engineering and FinOps teams better understand where cloud spend comes from, identify waste, and bridge the gap between Kubernetes cost allocation and actual cloud bills.

Lately, I ve been building Burn, an open-source Kubernetes FinOps CLI focused on cost allocation, waste detection, and cloud billing reconciliation across AWS and Azure.

Hi PH Community 🙋🏼‍♀️

I m Ozlem, a Cloud & DevOps Engineer with a background in Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale systems.

Lately, I ve been building Burn, an open-source Kubernetes FinOps CLI focused on cost allocation, waste detection, and cloud billing reconciliation across AWS and Azure.

burn - Verify your Kubernetes costs against your real cloud bill

Built burn because every K8s cost tool I tried showed estimates but none checked if those numbers matched the real bill. Pulls actual AWS CUR or Azure Cost Management data , exact dollar diff per node, per disk, per load balancer. SP, RI, Spot detected from billing. Orphaned volumes and LBs flagged. Works on cloud and on-prem. Reconciliation production-tested on AWS and Azure. Featured on WebProNews. Open source. Single binary. No agent.
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