Why Storage Surprise Billing Devastates Growing Platforms — and Practical Paths Out

https://garrettwigp625.tearosediner.net/using-iam-policies-to-fix-storage-bottlenecks-and-scaling-pains-on-growing-platforms

Growing platforms hit a predictable but painful feedback loop: storage usage climbs, requests spike, engineers add higher-performance tiers to stop user complaints, and a month later finance delivers a bill that feels like a betrayal