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WebSockets cost us $1M on our AWS bill

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257 points tosh | 1 comments | 06 Nov 24 18:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.221s | source
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OptionOfT ◴[06 Nov 24 19:43 UTC] No.42068148[source]▶
Did they originally NOT run things on the same machine? Otherwise the WebSocket would be local and incur no cost.
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1. magamanlegends ◴[06 Nov 24 19:54 UTC] No.42068326[source]▶
our websocket traffic is roughly 40% of recall.ai and our bill was $150 USD this month using a high memory VPS