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Re:Serverless Horrors by pclmulqdq on Sunday September 07, 2025 @08:25PM (#45163561)
Sure. The issues with AWS could all be solved with decent billing software, though. 15 years in there isn't a good excuse for this state of the world except that it's profitable.
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Re:Serverless Horrors by scarface_74 on Sunday September 07, 2025 @09:19PM (#45163877)
You can set up billing alerts to trigger actions that stop things when they trigger. The easiest way is to take permissions away from the roles you create.

They give you the tools. It’s up to you to use them. If that’s too difficult, use the AWS LightSail services where you are charged a fixed price and you don’t have to worry about overages or the new free tier

https://aws.amazon.com/free/

Because despite what everyone here is saying, before July of this year, there was no such thing as a free tier of AWS, there was a free tier of some of their services

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Re:Serverless Horrors by pclmulqdq on Sunday September 07, 2025 @09:58PM (#45164049)
Instead of lightsail, I'll use digital ocean. It's a cheaper way to get undifferentiated VMs.

If it is so easy to set up these automations, Amazon can easily set up this automation for you. Ask yourself why they don't.

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Re:Serverless Horrors by scarface_74 on Sunday September 07, 2025 @10:27PM (#45164168)
$1 cheaper per month for the lowest performance VM on both?
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