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Willison calls for default hard budget caps on everything
Original: We're going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everything https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/3/default-hard
Simon Willison, a prominent UK-based software developer and writer, has published a blog post arguing that default hard budget caps should be built into virtually every service people pay for. His argument is that spending can spiral quietly when there is no ceiling set by default, so caps should be the standard configuration rather than an optional extra. Responses so far are limited, but the piece touches on a growing anxiety about runaway costs in subscription and usage-based billing.
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- We're going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everything https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/3/default-hard-budget-caps/ # HackerNews # Tech # Budgeting · simon_willison@robot.villas · 3
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