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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 97 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I was promised 15 years ago that cloud computing would avoid unexpected bills and provide consistent expenses that project managers love so much.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 58 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Oh, it's expected costs.
Like, figure out the compute requirements of your code, multiply by the cost per compute unit (or whatever): boom, your cost.
Totally predictable.
Compared to suddenly having to replace a $20k server that dies in your data center.
So much easier.

Except when your code (let's be honest, the most likely thing to have an error in it... At least compared to some 4+ year old production hardware that everyone runs) has a bug in it that requires 20x compute.
But maybe that is a popularity spike (the hug-of-death)! That's why you migrated to the #cloud anyway, right? To handle these spikes! And you've always paid your bills so... Yeh, here's a 20x bill.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Good point. Maybe it depends on what I want to happen when that load spike comes.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 weeks ago

Saw that Grafana gets special notifications permissions on iOS for emergencies - expensive charges should wake up whoever’s on the hook for them :)

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Maybe it depends on what I want to happen when that load spike comes.

I don't know what they wanted to happen, but at my old place the load spike overloaded the UPS units.

Me: "we really shouldn't be running these at ~~85~~ ~~90~~ 95%."

Brass: "That's not 100. Find room to ingest this company we bought when the CEO made a friend at a circlejerk."

Overnight server update check: blip

UPS: Bypass mode, bitches!

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Who told you that?

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 41 points 3 weeks ago

The Downloadable RAM Fairy

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The cloud computing salesmen

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

And all the senior management that believed their horseshit.