Everyone: PLEASE stop making the argument that it's "too hard" or even "impossible" to implement spending limits.
As the article points out: Every other cloud does this! They all have non-production subscription types with hard spending limits.
There's a difference between "unable" and "unwilling".
The people that refuse to understand the difference are the same people that don't understand that "unsupported" isn't synonymous with "cannot be made to function".
Don't be that person.
If you have a large account and you're in regular contact with an AWS sales representative, pressure them into making this happen. Even if you work for Megacorp with a $$$ budget, keep in mind that your future hires need to start somewhere, need to be able to learn on their own, and need to do so safely.
Don't walk down the same path as IBM's mainframes, where no student anywhere ever has been able to learn on their own, making it a dead-end for corporations who pay billions for this platform. You, or your company will eventually pay this price if AWS keeps this IBM-like behaviour up.
Think of the big picture, not just your own immediate personal situation.
Apply this pressure yourself, because the students you want to hire next year can't.
As the article points out: Every other cloud does this! They all have non-production subscription types with hard spending limits.
There's a difference between "unable" and "unwilling".
The people that refuse to understand the difference are the same people that don't understand that "unsupported" isn't synonymous with "cannot be made to function".
Don't be that person.
If you have a large account and you're in regular contact with an AWS sales representative, pressure them into making this happen. Even if you work for Megacorp with a $$$ budget, keep in mind that your future hires need to start somewhere, need to be able to learn on their own, and need to do so safely.
Don't walk down the same path as IBM's mainframes, where no student anywhere ever has been able to learn on their own, making it a dead-end for corporations who pay billions for this platform. You, or your company will eventually pay this price if AWS keeps this IBM-like behaviour up.
Think of the big picture, not just your own immediate personal situation.
Apply this pressure yourself, because the students you want to hire next year can't.