ServerlessHorrors: A Blog Collecting Serverless Computing Failure Stories
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Summary
ServerlessHorrors is a blog that collects horror stories about serverless computing failures. The featured story describes a side project called RetainDB with 81 users that incurred a $36,000 Cloudflare bill due to a runaway queue loop, unbatched Durable Object writes, and a KV list scan on every request. The blog is created by Andras, who works on open-source projects like Coolify and Jean at coolLabs, and invites readers to submit their own serverless horror stories via email or GitHub PR.
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RetainDB side project with 81 users hit a $36k Cloudflare bill — 16B Durable Object writes from a runaway queue loop, unbatched DO writes, and a KV list scan on every request...
Stories you never want to feel on your own skin
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