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I had a $190,000 AWS bill for an account only used for static S3 hosting. And guess what, I didn't write a blog post about it. I just went to support, said rem

I had a $190,000 AWS bill for an account only used for static S3 hosting. And guess what, I didn't write a blog post about it. I just went to support, said remove the charges, they identified the services that created the issue so I could kill them, and they removed the charge. Look at that, no fan fare. I had no emotion about it whatsoever. Maturity.

jawns 6y ago
You don't see any benefit in his sharing details about this incident in a blog post so others can avoid his mistake?
- vmception 6y ago
  I can see some utility in writing about it. his blog post is quite literally "heart palpitations", "shock" "panic" - his words - and tweets, over a $2,000 bill. I'm not in my ideal financial circumstances, I just wouldn't have freaked out over that. I just would have handled it. And then blown them up in public forums if things didn't go my way. Customer support in the 21st century.
stjo 6y ago
“I had no emotion about it whatsoever. Maturity.” Doesn’t sit right with me. Wanting to share shouldn’t be condemned as immature. Besides, some of us want to read tech drama :)
- vmception 6y ago
  The maturity aspect is knowing how to navigate a situation, not a reference to merely sharing. "heart palpitations", "shock" "panic" - his words - and tweets are not part about not knowing how to navigate a situation. I'm not in my ideal financial circumstances, I just wouldn't have freaked out over a surprise $2000 AWS bill or a $190,000 AWS bill, fully intending not to pay it if I felt my activity did not warrant that. There are no absolutes in guidances of behavior, only consequences. And the consequence here is potentially having your AWS account deleted in a month or two, with several remedies in between. > Besides, some of us want to read tech drama :) So maybe I should write a blog post about it.
- kgraves 6y ago
  > Wanting to share shouldn’t be condemned as immature. Besides, some of us want to read tech drama ew.

jawns 6y ago

You don't see any benefit in his sharing details about this incident in a blog post so others can avoid his mistake?

vmception 6y ago
I can see some utility in writing about it. his blog post is quite literally "heart palpitations", "shock" "panic" - his words - and tweets, over a $2,000 bill. I'm not in my ideal financial circumstances, I just wouldn't have freaked out over that. I just would have handled it. And then blown them up in public forums if things didn't go my way. Customer support in the 21st century.

stjo 6y ago

“I had no emotion about it whatsoever. Maturity.” Doesn’t sit right with me. Wanting to share shouldn’t be condemned as immature. Besides, some of us want to read tech drama :)

vmception 6y ago
The maturity aspect is knowing how to navigate a situation, not a reference to merely sharing. "heart palpitations", "shock" "panic" - his words - and tweets are not part about not knowing how to navigate a situation. I'm not in my ideal financial circumstances, I just wouldn't have freaked out over a surprise $2000 AWS bill or a $190,000 AWS bill, fully intending not to pay it if I felt my activity did not warrant that. There are no absolutes in guidances of behavior, only consequences. And the consequence here is potentially having your AWS account deleted in a month or two, with several remedies in between. > Besides, some of us want to read tech drama :) So maybe I should write a blog post about it.
kgraves 6y ago
> Wanting to share shouldn’t be condemned as immature. Besides, some of us want to read tech drama ew.