Tell HN: I DDoSed myself using CloudFront and Lambda Edge and got a $4.5k bill

Re:Tell HN: I DDoSed myself using CloudFront and Lambda Edge... by iforgotpassword on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @01:56PM (#31910849)

If with one thing, a single mistake can result in a $5k bill, and with the other I have a guaranteed fixed bill of 50 bucks a month, then unless I have enough money to burn, the choice is crystal clear. Maybe you wipe your butt with 100$ bills. Others aren't that lucky.

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Re:Tell HN: I DDoSed myself using CloudFront and Lambda Edge... by tluyben2 on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @02:37PM (#31911334)

Exactly; if it is ‘the same’ but with a guarantee of max 50$/mo then sure, I would pick that, but that is not the case, also not with caps. So it is an entirely different case and usually the 50$ option actually brings you very far without any financial risk outside that $50/mo.

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Re:Tell HN: I DDoSed myself using CloudFront and Lambda Edge... by Mo3 on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @02:43PM (#31911412)

The choice is only crystal clear until AWS etc implement hard caps to activate if needed. Then having some Lambda functions is not only exponentially cheaper than a whole dedicated server and by default highly available and redundant, but also equally as safe financially wise.

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