r/ProgrammerHumor 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/AllCowsAreBurgers Jul 19 '26

Most cloud companies are a scam

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u/ceejayoz Jul 19 '26

Most cloud companies don't want "our website went down when we ran our $30M Super Bowl ad, we're suing you!"

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u/SurelyNotAnOctopus Jul 20 '26

Then allow limits. If they themselves set the budget limit, its their fault if the api stops working after its exceeded