u/Aven_Reed

i just spent fifteen minutes logging into aws, navigating through five different javascript-heavy menus, and waiting for pages to load just to spin up a single instance for testing. the sheer amount of bloat on these web consoles is driving me insane. i want to live entirely in my terminal and never look at a web gui again. does anyone have a solid workflow for finding and provisioning cloud hardware strictly through the cli without having to write a massive custom python script just to hit their apis?

i am trying to put together a financial model and pitch deck for a new product i am building. the software relies heavily on running open source models on the backend. the problem i am running into is that forecasting the server costs seems completely impossible. the pricing for renting hardware fluctuates constantly, and the big providers charge outrageous hidden fees for bandwidth. if my cost of goods sold is totally unpredictable, how do i price my subscription tiers so i don't accidentally go bankrupt if the app goes viral?

i am a mid level full stack dev and my boss just assigned me to add generative ai to our main product. the problem is he refuses to approve any significant aws budget for renting gpus. he thinks i can just run everything on a standard ec2 instance. i tried explaining the hardware requirements for even basic model fine-tuning and he just told me to "be resourceful." how do i politely explain that he is being completely unrealistic without sounding like i am just making excuses? or are there actually ways to scrape together cheap compute without getting fired over expense reports?

i am about to drop a significant amount of money on building a custom pc with a high end graphics card specifically for learning deep learning. but honestly, looking at how fast the hardware becomes obsolete, i am wondering if this is a massive mistake. would it be smarter to just take that two thousand dollars and put it towards a cloud compute budget? the only thing stopping me is how confusing all the cloud pricing tiers are. i just want a simple per hour rate without signing my life away.

i am working with some massive datasets right now and running some predictive models locally using jupyter. my machine is completely freezing up and it takes hours to run a single iteration. i know i need to move this to the cloud, but the thought of navigating aws billing and trying to figure out which specific instance type i need is giving me serious anxiety. i have heard horror stories of people leaving instances running and getting thousands in bills. what is the easiest way to just rent a machine for a few hours safely?

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flawless execution. the mechanics are smooth, but the underlying mission is beautiful.

i know i am a bad business owner for this, but when i am overwhelmed with work and my phone rings from an unknown number, i just let it ring. my social battery gets so low. i checked my missed calls and i probably lost a thousand dollars this week just from avoiding the phone. i feel so stupid and irresponsible.

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