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Re:Slashing Our AWS Bill at Levels.fyi, Part 2 on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @10:56AM (#49817146)
Author here, we have been working on couple of infra things and these were bunch of changes we did recently helping us reduce cost by almost $29k a year from AWS bill.

Lots of easy wins and some not so easy but definitely quite interesting and learned a lot along the way, hoping it helps someone else out there in their own journey of reducing cloud bills!

Re:How Shamir's Secret Sharing Works on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @01:00AM (#48289864)
Ngl, I was working on a "Save this page offline" feature, the idea was similar to what you said, it's more like a snapshot in time, you can export your whole vault encrypted with the SSS and an offline ready page to come to and unlock the vault.

In my idea, the doomsday trigger handling might be difficult if it was a truly offline page, so I've not yet thought it fully on how it can be executed well, I'll revisit that idea again with fresh eyes.

And thanks for the reach out, would love to chat more on email!

Re:How Shamir's Secret Sharing Works on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @10:09PM (#48288599)
Honestly those are 100% fair questions, for (1), I have a security page: https://eternalvault.app/security/ but mainly because of marketing purposes, most people I have as customers are in their 30-40s and not fairly technical, so when they ask me, I have to be mindful to not bombard them with too much technical info, but it's a good idea to still have a whitepaper with more detailed info for someone who actually wants to confirm on the privacy aspects.

Regarding (2), that is the most common question I get and honestly I don't know if I have the best answer for it, but here's what I have, I have two vaults for myself (of course I use Eternal Vault myself), one for family and one for business, in the business vault I have few documents including one called "Business continuity plan" which lays down all of my raw thoughts around how eternal vault is built, core technical things, infrastructure, dooms day trigger etc, and other business specific documents, right now since I don't have any heir, I have added few close people to it who are also fairly technical to keep it running, but eventually my idea is to expand on it in such a way that if I'm removed from the equation, the product can still sustain itself both business and ops wise, but I can totally understand why someone would trust a stranger on the internet, so I'm actually not sure how can I make the answer for 2nd much better, what do you recommend?

Re:How Shamir's Secret Sharing Works on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @02:40PM (#48283964)
Indeed, that's precisely why I decided to ditch out of the subscription model and went into one time payment method, did the math and it made sense that I don't need a very heavy system apart from supporting the dead man switch trigger

Wrote my thoughts about that here: https://eternalvault.app/blog/why-we-are-adding-lifetime-pri...

And it feels good to know that there are people out thinking about this, makes me happy truly and if you want to try out the platform, welcome aboard, happy to walk through it if needed. :)

Re:How Shamir's Secret Sharing Works on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @01:39AM (#48275433)
It's an incredible technique, when I came across it, it just changed the way I thought of solving giving out keys without "truly" giving them out. This gave me confidence for eternalvault.app, a project of mine.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026) on Monday May 11, 2026 @12:18AM (#48091010)
I'm building (or rather rebuilding/pivoting my focus) CatchIntent (https://CatchIntent.com). The intent layer for B2B outbound.

The marketing site is stale with our previous offering, the demo of upcoming product is here: https://vimeo.com/1190884516

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2026) on Monday February 09, 2026 @04:08AM (#46943226)
I'm building CatchIntent (https://CatchIntent.com). The goal is to help turning social conversations into qualified warm leads.

Started with it because I was struggling with finding relevant conversations about my first app where people are exactly asking for what I'm selling, only that I was missing those conversations and people. Build a POC, tested for myself and started getting good leads, so I converted it into my second app.

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025) on Sunday December 14, 2025 @09:52PM (#46269904)
I do yes, I have a dedicated page for the same: https://eternalvault.app/security/

But here's a TL;DR

- Files are end to end encrypted with a master key generated by you on your device during onboarding

- How do your family access the documents when only you have the key and it's E2EE? The idea is the key is splitted via Shamir Secret Sharing when you add a trusted contact, once the doomsday is triggered and they recieve the notification, only then they can use their "shares" to reconstruct the master key and open your vault and access the documents

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025) on Sunday December 14, 2025 @08:57PM (#46269500)
When someone dies, you don't get even one extra second to access the documents and information they meant to share it with you. Trying to fix this problem with Eternal Vault.

Link: https://eternalvault.app

Another thing thats in early alpha right now is CapKit, AI professional captions for short form videos

https://capkit.app

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025) on Monday November 10, 2025 @05:57AM (#45874700)
Hi Luke, thanks for the feedback. Will be working on improving the marketing site to share the story in better way, any other feedbacks are also appreciated. Lastly, would love for you to give the platform a try at https://dash.eternalvault.app/register
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025) on Sunday November 09, 2025 @11:47PM (#45872528)
When someone dies, you don't get even one extra second to access the documents and information they meant to share it with you.

Trying to fix this problem with Eternal Vault.

Link: https://eternalvault.app

Another thing thats in early alpha right now is CapKit, AI professional captions for short form videos

https://capkit.app

Re: on Monday October 20, 2025 @12:38PM (#45645869)
When someone dies, you don't get even one extra second to access the documents and information they meant to share it with you.

I'm trying to fix this problem with Eternal Vault (https://eternalvault.app)

Today, I am launching lifetime pricing at $199/$399.

From a business perspective, everyone I talked to said it's a stupid and impulsive idea, but here's the reason why I feel it's not.

Firstly, I did the math. Ran a 50-year cost analysis. Analyzed cloud storage, infrastructure, payment fees, support, inflation.

At $199/$399, we stay profitable for decades.

The major reason why I have been thinking like this is because your will doesn't expire. Estate planning isn't Netflix. It's permanent.

And for our users, it will be less than $1/month over their lifetime for peace of mind.

My bet is that subscription fatigue is real. There's room for products that ask "does this make sense" over "does this maximize LTV."

It is bootstrapped. No VC pressure. And monthly option is still available for those who prefer that.

Am I being naive or smart? Want honest feedback.

https://eternalvault.app/pricing/

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2025) on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @12:16PM (#45594800)
PS: I also just did few changes on the content to call this out better, thanks for sharing the feedback around it.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2025) on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @01:32PM (#45582672)
So we do provide a free forever plan, with free plan there are usage limits plus some advance features are not there, but all the core security features are fully available on all plans (I strongly feel security is not a good to have but a must have feature)

With that being said, with the paid plans unlock higher limits, advance features (all mentioned on the pricing page).

Let me know if you have any specific questions, also feel free to DM me on my socials or via emails (all available on the contact page).

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2025) on Monday October 13, 2025 @08:22AM (#45567547)
Thanks, do give it a try, I would love to get feedback about it :)
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2025) on Monday October 13, 2025 @04:54AM (#45566256)
When someone dies, you don't get even one extra second to access the documents and information they meant to share it with you.

Trying to fix this problem with Eternal Vault.

Link: https://eternalvault.app

Thanks for the suggestions!

Show HN: Eternal Vault, E2EE Estate Platform Using Shamir's Secret Sharing

https://eternalvault.app/

Built Eternal Vault to solve a widespread problem of digital assets being lost or inaccessible with proper cryptography.Technical approach:- Client-side AES-256 encryption (plaintext master key never leaves device)- Shamir's Secret Sharing for access control (3-of-3 threshold)- Zero-knowledge architecture- Trust levels distribute key shares to family membersSecurity model:- Everything encrypted...

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Wow, it's fun reading the innovative ways people are solving for this, thanks for sharing your approach. If you don't mind me asking, can you share some more details about this CLI utility? Does it use some existing solutions like GPG or something similar for the tasks you mentioned?
Just thinking out loud, doesn't keeping it offline increases the risk of first of all things getting lost or worse gets accessed by someone you don't intend to pass it on to?

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