I asked the AI to deploy my product site. It crashed the site.

He asked the AI to deploy his product site. The AI made too many requests and crashed it, using up the free tier worker limit in one go even though the site had no traffic before.

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How it works

Asks the AI to deploy his product site
The AI makes too many requests during the deploy
The site crashes and the free tier worker limit is used up

Why it’s worth knowing

The deploy itself used up his whole free tier limit. His site had no traffic before the AI started.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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