Riccardo and Simone Bertagna bought a 25% stake in a property valued at 440,000 through a housing association, feeling proud and accomplished. However, they later faced significant issues, including rising service charges and maintenance problems, which left them feeling trapped in an unsellable home.
A startup torches $120K in 72 hours because autoscaling had no ceiling; a DDoS popped up, the cluster spun 2,000 m5.24xlarges, and by the time anyone parsed the Slack noise, the bill looked like a phone number.
