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A comment on Ask HN: What should I use instead of Heroku?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: What should I use instead of Heroku? by nojs on Saturday May 07, 2022 @08:07AM (#31293878)
This comment is kind of ironic given that the recent Heroku breach presumably triggered the OP’s question :)
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Re:Ask HN: What should I use instead of Heroku? by christophilus on Saturday May 07, 2022 @08:50AM (#31294099)
There’s an added advantage to running your own server or VM. Heroku is a big, juicy attack target. Your little side project is not. If you take the basic precautions, your VPS will probably be just fine unless you become super successful and a juicy target in your own right.
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Re:Ask HN: What should I use instead of Heroku? by kasey_junk on Saturday May 07, 2022 @08:59AM (#31294148)
The security history of VPS’ don’t lend much credibility to your argument. It was a running gag for awhile how frequently Linode was getting owned up (they may be great now this was a while ago).
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Re:Ask HN: What should I use instead of Heroku? by christophilus on Saturday May 07, 2022 @10:16AM (#31294657)
Yeah, I don’t run the provider’s software on my VPSs, so it’s mostly a non-issue, especially if you encrypt your disks.
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