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This problem turned up in recent HN discussion. [0]

Turns out it's possible to get billing alarms from AWS, but it's not something they make terribly easy. I don't know if it's possible to configure a kill-switch the same way.

My favourite AWS billing horror-story involves Glacier. Its pricing model used to be the stuff of nightmares, and caught plenty of people by surprise. [1]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22412869

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10921365




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