I returned to AWS, and was reminded why I left

Re:I returned to AWS, and was reminded why I left by sambellll on Sunday May 10, 2026 @11:02AM (#48084558)

Here to say the same thing.

I built an app a few years ago and needed some sort of DB to store around 50 million records that had ~10k reads+writes per month with 1 index. It cost me something like $50 to load it up initially, and then something stupid like 10 cents/month to maintain.

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Re:I returned to AWS, and was reminded why I left by NohatCoder on Monday May 11, 2026 @09:56AM (#48095067)

"~10k reads+writes per month"

It is the same story over and over again. Your AWS bill is "low" because the actual resources you use are a tiny fraction of what a modern computer can deliver.

This is probably fine for your case, but you could run the same load on any toaster, and without a meaningfully demanding task it is hard to tell them apart.

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