Re:A million-dollar engineering problem
by nulagrithom on Friday March 17, 2017 @11:00AM
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> before you go full-hog on AWS, do some simple math first
I had a coworker who was turned off of AWS by clicking the "Dedicated IP" checkbox when deploying a CloudFlare distribution with SSL.
One month and $600[0] later he swears up and down that AWS is the devil.
You can spend an amazing amount of money on AWS by accident and/or without need. Hourly pricing is a huge footgun. Best to run everything through the "Simple" Monthly Calculator: https://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html
I had a coworker who was turned off of AWS by clicking the "Dedicated IP" checkbox when deploying a CloudFlare distribution with SSL.
One month and $600[0] later he swears up and down that AWS is the devil.
You can spend an amazing amount of money on AWS by accident and/or without need. Hourly pricing is a huge footgun. Best to run everything through the "Simple" Monthly Calculator: https://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html
0: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/pricing/