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		dekhn on Oct 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hacker leaks millions more 23andMe user records on... we've caught a few "oops I almost spent a million dollars" through cost alerting on AWS. Unfortunately, the time resolution for billing isn't great. I will say, much to my surprise, AWS comped us for the money we wasted even when it was our own fault.

extraduder_ire on Oct 19, 2023 [–]

I think if you're likely to not notice spending a million bucks right away, you're the kind of firm amazon wants to hang on to.

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