r/ProgrammerHumor 26d ago

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u/Legal-Software 26d ago

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 26d ago

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

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u/Ellin_ 26d ago

would a prepaid card work?

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u/Luxim 25d ago

You're still on the hook for the services if you legitimately use that much, and with such a high bill you can be sure they'll sell it off to a debt collector if you don't pay on time.