Kevin McDonald (@kmcd.dev)

IRC Log: The Cloud Scale Incident An archived log from the #dev-help channel on the Freenode (RIP) afterlife network. [03:12] *** Topic: reckless_dev is now known as broke_dev | Don’t paste API keys [03:14] *** vibe_coder_99 has joined [03:15] yo! anyone good with terraform? i’m trying to launch my new crypto-based to-do list app and the tutorial is too slow. [03:15] What tutorial? Also, crypto to-do list? Why? [03:16] it’s strictly vibes based. i just need it to scale. like, infinite scale. i found this script on a forum that says it “maximizes throughput”. [03:17] Paste the plan. Don’t just run random scripts. [03:18] nah its fine, i just want to know what “p4d.24xlarge” means. sounds powerful. i changed the count to 50 just to be safe for launch day. [03:18] STOP. [03:18] DO NOT RUN THAT. [03:19] That instance is $32 an hour. PER INSTANCE. [03:19] wait really? lol whatever i have $100 in credits. running terraform apply --auto-approve now. [03:19] * sysadmin_dave screams internally [03:22] man aws is slow today. it’s been provisioning for like 2 minutes. [03:22] You are requesting 50 top-tier GPU instances. You are trying to provision a supercomputer to host a to-do list. [03:23] gotta go fast right? 🚀 [03:24] uh guys [03:25] my bank called. fraud alert. something about “unusual spending pattern”. [03:25] You just burned your credits in 4 minutes. You are now spending ~$1600/hour. [03:26] how do i undo??? ctrl-z doesn’t work in terminal!! [03:26] terraform destroy. PRAY that the API isn’t rate limiting you. [03:27] it says “state lock”. i think i closed the window too fast. [03:28] *** vibe_coder_99 has left [03:28] *** vibe_coder_99 has quit (Connection reset by peer: fleeing the country) https://kmcd.dev/posts/irc-log-the-cloud-scale-incident/