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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: 0s | 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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theanonymousone ◴[14 Nov 24 08:48 UTC] No.42134271[source]▶
> It's also a large barrier to adoption.

e.g. for me. I never dared to get my foot wet with AWS, despite interest. Better safe with a cheap, flat-rate VPS than sorry.

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op00to ◴[14 Nov 24 13:55 UTC] No.42136149[source]▶
I use a visa gift card for AWS, I only risk what I have on the card.
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eddd-ddde ◴[14 Nov 24 14:02 UTC] No.42136206[source]▶
In that case you are risking getting perma banned if anything goes south and you end up not paying anyways.
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1. op00to ◴[14 Nov 24 17:38 UTC] No.42138772[source]▶
I'd prefer a permaban over permadebt to Amazon!