Kyle Gawley's $19 email tool replacement goes slightly wrong
Kyle Gawley cancelled his $19-a-month email tool and vibe-coded his own. It sent 6 billion emails in 20 minutes, and his AWS bill came to $4,489,337. 'I'm saving $19/mo though.' It's a joke, and a good one, because it's the cautionary tale every 'just build it' post skips. A SaaS isn't only features. It's rate limits, guardrails and someone else's pager going off when things break. In this game, we call that friendly fire.
I cancelled my $19/mo email tool and vibe coded my own.
It sent 6 billion emails in 20 minutes and my AWS bill is $4,489,337.
I'm saving $19/mo though.
— Kyle Gawley, read the original on XMore SaaS obituaries
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