GCP Free Tier's Sneaky Traps: Why Your Zero-Cost Cloud Dreams Die on Storage and Secrets
Thought GCP's free tier was plug-and-play? Think again. Hidden traps like soft delete and ancient access scopes are designed to push you toward paid plans.
⚡ Key Takeaways
- Disable Soft Delete on GCS buckets to avoid hidden quota charges.
- Switch GCE VMs to cloud-platform scope to escape legacy access traps.
- GCP free tier is viable for Spring Boot but riddled with gotchas pushing paid upgrades.
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