One line of code that did cost $8,000

Due to a simple bug, Screen Studio app did generate over 2 petabytes of network traffic

Read in full here:

The downsides of using the cloud…

i shouldve learn infa sooner than later

It’s a fun read, enjoyed it. I am not surprised by the bug itself — I’ve seen (and made) much worse blunders.
But the fact that it stayed unnoticed for over a month is somewhat troubling. Like, neither internal metrics or cloud monitoring raised alerts.