Day: 30 April 2024

“Iteration is all about relentless improvement; not merely fixing what’s broken.

It involves striking the right balance between innovation and problem-solving, one that fosters sustainable forward-moving progress.

Is software anything but constant iteration?

The fundamental objective of iteration is not deciding whether to iterate, but rather prioritizing the most impactful ideas—whether new features, enhancements, or bug fixes.

The challenge lies in prioritizing the big wins and minimizing those distractions that divert focus from those wins. “

– Rich Tabor

| #Iteration #Software #Prioritazation

How an empty S3 bucket can make your AWS bill explode

Tuesday April 30, 2024 /

“Maciej Pocwierz accidentally created an S3 bucket with a name that was already used as a placeholder value in a widely used piece of software.

They saw 100 million PUT requests to their new bucket in a single day, racking up a big bill since AWS charges $5/million PUTs.

It turns out AWS charge that same amount for PUTs that result in a 403 authentication error, a policy that extends even to “requester pays” buckets!

So, if you know someone’s S3 bucket name you can DDoS their AWS bill just by flooding them with meaningless unauthenticated PUT requests.

AWS support refunded Maciej’s bill as an exception here, but I’d like to see them reconsider this broken policy entirely.”

| #AWS #S3bucket #Cloud

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