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Because then we'd see articles about how the next start up missed their opportunity whenever their site unexpectedly got discussed on the latest Rogan episode a
by deelowe 3y ago
Because then we'd see articles about how the next start up missed their opportunity whenever their site unexpectedly got discussed on the latest Rogan episode and subsequently was taken offline by the limits being tripped.
- onion2k 3y agoCompanies could make the limit optional and pass 100% of that downside to the customer. 99.9% of customers would opt in.
- sfn42 3y agoI don't see the problem. Don't set a budget limit if you don't want your app to go offline. Lots of people wouldn't mind if their app went offline for a bit. They'd prefer to not suddenly get a $10,000 bill
- ghaff 3y agoThere's no "right" answer. In one case, it's checked the wrong box and got a $14K bill. In the other case, it's I checked the wrong box and my startup missed its one window. There are in-between levels of alerting etc. for both populations but they're probably unsatisfactory for the extreme conditions. To be clear: I'd be very in favor of the major cloud providers having a "DO NOT! DO NOT! use this for production mode and your content could be deleted at any time if you screw up. But I suspect most people wouldn't use that."