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Cloud bill surprise

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Someone left a GPU instance running. For a month. The AWS bill has a comma in it.

The scenario

You just checked the monthly invoice and noticed a suspicious comma in the total. Someone left a GPU instance running unattended for an entire month. The finance department is now calling your name.

How it plays

This problem card adds 12 burnout points to your meter. You can counter it with a tools or humor card to reduce the damage.

Why it feels familiar

We have all stared at a cloud provider dashboard in horror, realizing our idle resources are silently draining the company budget while we sleep.

This problem card adds 12 burnout. It belongs to infrastructure and can be countered by tools, humor coping.

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