>I could spin up a massive aws bill doing some pointless machine learning workloads, is that suddenly a valid project in your eyes?
Can you spin it on a AWS competitor for a fraction of a cost? Absolutely yes I would be interested in reading about it!
It's a rotten attitude, and judging a projects worth by an AWS bill is a very poor comparator. I could spin up a massive aws bill doing some pointless machine learning workloads, is that suddenly a valid project in your eyes?