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Re:Burnt $72k testing Firebase and Cloud Run and almost went... by brundolf on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:01PM (#25378607)
For hobby projects you probably don't need auto-scaling, and should use a provider that charges a fixed monthly rate. You'll "waste" a little bit of money on unused uptime, but for a hobby project it will be a minuscule amount.
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Re:Burnt $72k testing Firebase and Cloud Run and almost went... by vp8989 on Thursday December 10, 2020 @08:46PM (#25381297)
But then I don't get to be a "serverless hero" and write blog posts about how my side project (that no one uses) costs $0.000034 to run instead of $5.
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