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I Followed the Official AWS Amplify Guide and Was Charged $1,100

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461 points thunderbong | 1 comments | 14 Nov 24 06:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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modernerd ◴[14 Nov 24 08:08 UTC] No.42134059[source]▶
"Billing alerts" are a joke, give us hard spend limits. Then offer a way to set those limits during onboarding.

Building a business on blank cheques and accidental spends is shady. It's also a large barrier to adoption. The more times devs see reports like, "I tried [random 20-minute tutorial] and woke up to a bill for my life's savings and luckily support waived the fee this one time but next time they're coming for my house", the less they'll want to explore your offerings.

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chx ◴[14 Nov 24 08:52 UTC] No.42134287[source]▶
> the less they'll want to explore your offerings.

Honestly? All the better. There are obviously use cases where AWS is the right tool for the job but it's extremely rare. It's coasting on hype and somehow attaining "no one was ever fired for buying IBM" status.

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1. Retric ◴[14 Nov 24 09:21 UTC] No.42134432[source]▶
Except people do get fired for choosing AWS and drastically increasing costs or making big mistakes that cost several times their annual salary.

It’s just not the kind of thing you’re going to see in a blog post.