> An example CloudFormation from a Re:Invent (AWS conference) session silently failed to tear down some resources.
Similar happened to me at a Kubernetes/GCP tutorial. We started with a $100 credit. The tutorial included setting up massive (for tutorial purposes) instances. Because I had played with my account before and had created a single instance before, I hit account limits and my tutorial code failed to work. A frustrating experience richer a was very busy at work when returning from the conference.
When getting back to my tutorial code 3 weeks later, I noticed that less than $1 of my $100 were left. The n - 1 instances I created during the tutorial had been running for 3 weeks. User error of course, but at which SW job no errors happen?
The only positive about GCP I remember is that they promised not to overflow from the credit into real money from my credit card. At least that's how I remember it. Did not (need to) test, because I noted the issue $1 early. In AWS there is no such promise as we know.
Similar happened to me at a Kubernetes/GCP tutorial. We started with a $100 credit. The tutorial included setting up massive (for tutorial purposes) instances. Because I had played with my account before and had created a single instance before, I hit account limits and my tutorial code failed to work. A frustrating experience richer a was very busy at work when returning from the conference.
When getting back to my tutorial code 3 weeks later, I noticed that less than $1 of my $100 were left. The n - 1 instances I created during the tutorial had been running for 3 weeks. User error of course, but at which SW job no errors happen?
The only positive about GCP I remember is that they promised not to overflow from the credit into real money from my credit card. At least that's how I remember it. Did not (need to) test, because I noted the issue $1 early. In AWS there is no such promise as we know.