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Renato Losio πŸ’­πŸ’₯ for AWS Heroes

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AWS Free Tier: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

What is the AWS Free Tier? What safety nets can you put in place as a developer and what are the most common mistakes to avoid unexpected bills when experimenting with new services with the AWS Free Tier?

In the presentation I will cover the good, the bad and the more challeging parts of the AWS Free Tier, an amazing option to gain free, hands-on experience with the AWS platform, products, and services. But a risky one as well.

Enjoy!

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Rolf Streefkerk β€’

Fairly recently, I'm not sure when this change was made, they've removed the ability for new accounts created to have full access to free tier if it's been placed under a billing account older than 1 year.

The only way to get out of this, is by converting every single account to be a billing account not placed in an Organization.

It's an unfortunate change that I wished AWS didn't make.