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

606 points · 302 comments · elffjs

  1. brap · · focus · HN ↗
    When I first started working with cloud providers it was shocking to discover this feature doesn’t exist, basically anywhere.

    It’s such a basic thing, not having it has to be deliberate to make you accidentally spend more than you’d like.

    1. Terretta · · focus · HN ↗
      Mistaken view.

      I was a member of AWS customer advisory board for years. Two dozen of largest enterprises and unicorns and so on. Nobody wanted the billing department "inline" of systems controls.

      AWS provides all the controls you need to flip the switch yourself, and provides the CDK / TF / etc. patterns for it. Plenty GitHub projects to host your own light switch service.

      Don't relinquish the switch.

      1. kemitchell · · focus · HN ↗
        Might you recommend any talks or writing on the AWS advisory board and how it works? I found Amazon’s reference page on it, but it’s scant.
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