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We're going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everything

612 points · 304 comments · elffjs

  1. kamyarg · · focus · HN ↗
    Learnt recently DigitalOcean does not have hard budgets limits, only emails. I am surprised and torn between this being intentional vs. them not caring.

    One solution is banking apps that let you create extra cards and assigning hard limits to spending. Wise & Revolut apps can do that.

    Have to mention OpenRouter also, I logged into OpenRouter through pi, on the auth screen it optionally let me set a limit which is very smart and user friendly.

    1. joshblack1982 · · focus · HN ↗
      You can still rack up a bill even if you can't pay for it. That solution just means the card declines when the monthly bill needs to be paid, not that you don't owe money.
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