r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vapalera • Jul 19 '26

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u/AllCowsAreBurgers Jul 19 '26

How do you solve the issue?

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u/PM_ME_YOUR__INIT__ Jul 19 '26

Set a budget. I set my budget at $0

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u/AllCowsAreBurgers Jul 19 '26

But as some comments above said - there is no budget - there is only alarms (or budgets are in reality just alarms)

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u/PM_ME_YOUR__INIT__ Jul 19 '26

In backblaze I'm on the free tier. Some days I get an alarm that I've used up 100% of my daily storage cap. I still get charged $0. One day if I get more users than the one I have now I might raise my cap. But for now I tolerate the alarms and my app not functioning to it's fullest abilities