Totally valid concerns — I don’t disagree that DIY hosting comes with real risks that managed platforms abstract away (but AWS could close your account too).
We didn’t go into this blind though — we spent a lot of time testing scenarios (including Hetzner/OVH support delays) and designing mitigation strategies.
Some of what we do:
• Our infra is spread across multiple providers (Hetzner, OVH)) + Cloudflare for traffic management. If Hetzner blackholes us, we can redirect within minutes.
• DB backups are encrypted and replicated nightly to various regions/providers (incl. one outside the primary vendors), with tested restore playbooks.
The key point: no platform is free of counterparty risk — whether that’s AWS pulling a region for legal reasons, or Hetzner taking a server offline. Our approach tries to make the blast radius smaller and the recovery faster, while also achieving compliance and cutting costs substantially (~90% as noted).
DIY is definitely not for everyone — it is more work, but for our particular constraints (cost, sovereignty, compliance) we found it a net win. Happy to share more details if helpful!
Oh, an imagine being kicked out of AWS and you used Aurora.. My certified multi-cloud setup with standard components should not make you cringe.
We didn’t go into this blind though — we spent a lot of time testing scenarios (including Hetzner/OVH support delays) and designing mitigation strategies.
Some of what we do:
• Our infra is spread across multiple providers (Hetzner, OVH)) + Cloudflare for traffic management. If Hetzner blackholes us, we can redirect within minutes. • DB backups are encrypted and replicated nightly to various regions/providers (incl. one outside the primary vendors), with tested restore playbooks.
The key point: no platform is free of counterparty risk — whether that’s AWS pulling a region for legal reasons, or Hetzner taking a server offline. Our approach tries to make the blast radius smaller and the recovery faster, while also achieving compliance and cutting costs substantially (~90% as noted).
DIY is definitely not for everyone — it is more work, but for our particular constraints (cost, sovereignty, compliance) we found it a net win. Happy to share more details if helpful!
Oh, an imagine being kicked out of AWS and you used Aurora.. My certified multi-cloud setup with standard components should not make you cringe.