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jasonjmcgheetoday at 1:53 PM1 replyview on HN

Any time doing hand-rolled on demand spinning up of ec2 instances, be sure they are properly spun down later.

It's very easy to get hit with a massive bill due to just leaving instances around.


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hendiatristoday at 2:39 PM

I run

sudo shutdown +15 (or other amount of minutes)

when I need a compute instance and don’t want to forget to turn it off. It’s a simple trick that will save you in some cases.

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