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Found the article light on details here. What kind of AWS setup leads to surprise bills? If your blog ends up on front page of HN how much is the traffic spike
by djtango 2y ago
Found the article light on details here.
What kind of AWS setup leads to surprise bills? If your blog ends up on front page of HN how much is the traffic spike going to cost? $100? $1000? $10000?
Ofc I've seen the horror stories of recursive lambdas causing 1M+ in compute costs but for a small site I'm unsure what kind of issues we're talking about here...
If pages are mostly static doesn't a CDN make most of this go away?
- kassner 2y ago> What kind of AWS setup leads to surprise bills? You only need a single configuration wrong to get bankrupt overnight, and AWS has so many knobs that make a switchboard look like a toy. I remember things like [1]. It’s very easy for something you don’t control go rogue, and AWS offers no protection for such scenarios. 1: https://www.behind-the-enemy-lines.com/2012/04/google-attack-how-i-self-attacked.html https://www.behind-the-enemy-lines.com/2012/04/google-attack...
- djtango 2y agoThis was a great share - thanks
- 7bit 2y ago> What kind of AWS setup leads to surprise bills? If your blog ends up on front page of HN how much is the traffic spike going to cost? $100? $1000? $10000? Wait! You just answered your own question, no?! Yes, the surprise is the amount on the bill. If I expect to pay 10$ for monthly, then 100 is about a year's worth I did not plan for, and 1000$ is a ton I never want to having to plan for.
- djtango 2y agoMaking a $100 mistake is annoying, making a $10000 mistake has serious consequences especially if it is coming out of your own pocket