I had this exact experience. Created the account, built a "home lab" style server over a couple of weeks, worked on several projects and experiments, all within the free tier limits.
When the initial free credit expired, poof it all disappeared.
Luckily the boot volume was still there so I reprovisioned with the same block storage and worked.
I was a stressful morning though, I had no backups.
When the initial free credit expired, poof it all disappeared.
Luckily the boot volume was still there so I reprovisioned with the same block storage and worked.
I was a stressful morning though, I had no backups.