Developer Made One Wrong Click And Sent His AWS Bill Into The Stratosphere
The Register, Monday, November 17th, 2025
Yes, he knows the 40x increase could have been avoided with some pretty simple automation
Welcome to another week of work, a moment The Register celebrates with a new installment of Who, Me? It's the reader-contributed column in which you 'fess up to follies, false moves, and faux pas - and explain how you escaped.
This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Chase" who develops free open source software for scientists.
The Register knows that open source development can be thankless, so thanks for your efforts, Chase!
But we digress. Back to Chase's story.