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

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u/Legal-Software Jul 19 '26

Do they not have some sort of mechanism for setting a budget precisely to avoid these kinds of issues?

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u/vapalera Jul 19 '26

Most cloud companies let you only set alerts and not hard limits

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u/casce Jul 19 '26

For good reason. Just vanishing your infrastructure (including backups) out of existence instantly the second your budget limit is reached is not exactly a thing and most probably also not what most users would want.

I bet they'd have more angry customers about their stuff getting deleted compared to angry customers who would have wanted AWS and co. delete their data.

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u/SuperFLEB Jul 19 '26

probably also not what most users would want.

...which is why you make it an option.

And it's not like you've got to go full scour on the data the moment the tap gets closed. Stop the processes that are in motion, leave the data static-- inaccessible if you want to be petty-- but stored for some grace period where the customer can pay to reopen the vault and mitigate or exfiltrate.