October 31, 2024 6 minute read Allegory of Failure during the Pilgrimage of Life, by Monogrammist HSR, 1519 A few months ago, I was adapting an official guide for an AWS service. Specifically, integrating OpenSearch with Amplify. I worked through the guide, and modified and debugged it for my own purposes. A few weeks later, I received an AWS bill for over $1200, and almost had a heart attack. I hadn’t selected the most expensive OS instance type. I hadn’t even used it much at all. I had worked ...