I get furious every time this comes up and somehow there are bootlickers ready to defend big tech on it.

My ~2 person small business was almost put out of business due to a runaway job. I had instrumented everything perfectly according to the GCP instructions - as soon as billing went over the cap the notification was hooked up to a kill switch, which it did instantly.

GCP sent the notification they offered as best practice 6 HOURS late. They did everything they could to not credit my account until they realized I had the receipts. They said an investigation revealed their pipeline was overwhelmed by the number of line items and that was the reason for the lag. ... The exact scenario it is supposed to function in. JFC.

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Barbing 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Almost wish the people defending it were paid. Almost more intelligent to rush to the defense if there were a direct financial benefit.

Part of it is possibly the curse of knowledge. Someone in the 99th percentile of cloud configuration experts simply can't recall their junior dev days.

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charcircuit 8 hours ago | parent [-]

In my junior dev days I always paid for the resources I used. Just because you consume a lot of resources by accident that doesn't mean you shouldn't have to pay for it. Accidents do not absolve you from liability.

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Barbing 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Interesting!

I know software is special. That's why software defects are acceptable while a crumbling bridge is not.

With that said, should this apply to other industries? If I clip a warehouse shelf on my first day driving a forklift, should my wages be garnished for life to cover the inventory? Or is the inherent nature of the logistics industry such that an accident does not always imply liability? (Or other)

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charcircuit 7 hours ago | parent [-]

The employer is held liable in such a scenario.

	▲	Barbing 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Sounds right. Not sure if this is the position: If you’re coding, you should pay for your mistakes, if you’re driving a forklift (sober/responsibly), your employer should pay?