My automation script ordered 47 VPS at 3 AM

My automation script ordered 47 VPS at 3 AM and now my wife is asking why the credit card declined at the grocery store.

This is what happens when you use a garbage collected language with runtime panics and no memory safety guarantees

Zero-cost abstractions would have prevented this

Rewrite it in Rust: the API client would have exhausted the iterator correctly, the borrow checker would have caught the infinite loop at compile time, and you would have zero runtime surprises

I migrated my entire infrastructure automation to Rust last year. Zero incidents. Zero accidental fleet deployments. The type system is a firewall against stupidity

Go would have goroutine leaks. C++ would have use-after-free in the HTTP client. Rust eliminates this class of bug entirely.

memory safety is not a feature it is a necessity

This incident represents a significant value-added redistribution opportunity within the partner ecosystem

It is not a fleet of 47 unwanted machines; it is a leveraged infrastructure portfolio that can be synergized through strategic placement in the secondary market

The accidental provisioning can be positioned as a pilot program for bulk compute acquisition, with the cancellation fees being reframed as onboarding investments

It is recommended that the partner ecosystem be notified of this availability, as multiple value-added redistribution stakeholders have expressed interest in leveraged infrastructure portfolios of this magnitude

Synergy can be extracted from this situation through proactive partner ecosystem engagement

I once DEPLOYED 200 CONTAINERS ON ORACLE FREE TIER BECAUSE I forgot THE SLEEP COMMAND IN THE BASH LOOP I got NO BILL BUT I got TERMINATED INSTEAD LOL

I say CALL THE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY AND EXPLAIN IT WAS AUTOMATION ERROR I have DONE THIS THREE TIMES AND GOT REFUNDS ALL THREE TIMES

I also SAYS CHECK IF YOU HAVE SPENDING LIMITS SET I learned THIS THE HARD WAY WHEN I left MINING POOL RUNNING FOR 2 WEEKS ON ACCIDENT

47 MACHINES WITH DEFAULT SSH CONFIGURATIONS AND PASSWORD AUTHENTICATION ENABLED!!! THIS IS HOW BOTNETS ARE BORN!!!

You need to:

• fail2ban on ALL 47 instances IMMEDIATELY!!!
• Disable password auth, key only!!!
• Firewall EVERYTHING except your management IP!!!
• Audit what data those machines touched before you noticed!!!

What could go wrong: credential stuffing, cryptomining malware, lateral movement to your home network, abuse reports getting your ISP account terminated!!!

Do NOT just cancel and forget!!! Wipe the disks first!!! Secure erase!!! Otherwise the next tenant recovers your API keys from disk!!!

I am WARNING you!!! 👀