Wow, the free game sucked my Netlify credits dry in an hour. Re-deploying a more bandwidth friendly version (your saved game should still wo…

Ethan Mollick shared that a free game he deployed on Netlify consumed his monthly bandwidth credits in just one hour, forcing him to redeploy an optimized, more bandwidth-efficient version while preserving user save games. The incident highlights the potential cost implications of deploying resource-intensive applications on free-tier hosting services.

Source: Ethan Mollick (X) | 2026-06-03