[jfim]

> Why would any startup shackle themselves to AWS or any cloud when it's not portable?

Depending on the startup, that may make sense if it allows for fast iteration.

If a startup is trying to achieve product market fit, having a huge AWS bill is a good problem to have, since it means the product is actually successful.

[ezeev]

If you're building on AWS properly, your usage scales with demand. So a huge bill should mean you have huge demand.

[dx034]

Only servers used for client requests. Dev and integration environments but esp data crunching can be a lot more expensive than serving web requests. And they're hard to keep cheap if you scaling is easy.

[gjs278]

it’s not even slightly difficult to get a huge AWS bill. people do it on accident because they refuse to put in spend limits.