nicholasreed

Downtime is one thing, data loss is another. Easy to redeploy elsewhere, but backups/etc were all on heroku-linked services.

I'll definitely be updating the thread with however the now-started legal process plays out.

Redeploying on another platform was relatively easy to do.

Losing 10 years of data and information for all future reservations, etc. is harder to recover from. Not to mention the fact that I still have no idea if i was simply hacked and I should be trying to notify customers (customers of which I now have no record, because, again, all data and backups on Heroku-linked services).

I don't think they are trolling; I have exactly the fear that somehow now my email, IP, all linked credit cards on other accounts, etc, are about to be autobanned by the same broken process that got me to this point.

The biggest concern is the complete lack of transparency in why the account was suspended; was I hacked and I need to protect other things? Was my customer data accessed? I haven't the faintest idea, which is a helpless feeling.

I had planned for outages, disconnects, etc, but literally EVERYTHING is behind the Heroku login; because I never considered anything I was doing remotely bad, I never considered I'd be suddenly unable to login to every 3rd party backup service, access environment variables, etc.

Easy deployment and scaling of resources a decade ago, familiarity and not too expensive to switch as time has progressed (of course I host things elsewhere, just have a lot of client/personal data on Heroku).

I've spent the last few years building a product to help every user and business own their data. It solves Identity, Language, and Hosting, with customizable UIs.

It's cool because it can change the way we all communicate; instead of interacting with 3rd parties, you always interact with your AI that handles everything for you.

Just coming out of stealth, launch posts and whatnot coming soon :)

This is really well done! The website was beautiful and ran well on desktop and mobile,

It took a few clicks (after being sold on the idea) to get to the decision-making information: price and servings. A simple solution would be to add serving information directly to the online store list (where you currently have online pricing). You could also add the "Most Popular" item (again, with price and serving info) to the bottom of the initial landing page.

Useable, definitely minimal. Goodreads is overkill for my needs and this is a nice start.

A few random pieces of feedback:

- Needs some sort of book registry API when adding books. Especially helpful if I'm adding just a few recent books to see how it actually works.

- I don't like that my read books are crossed off. Instead, I'd rather a second list, or a different color scheme.

Perhaps a nitpick, but it's offputting to see banner ads on a minimalist site. If this is a side project you've only worked a few days on and want feedback for, why try and monetize it right away?

I agree that the lifelock link was not impressive, but in the second link (search for "My third topic") there are significant examples of identity theft that would have far-reaching consequence such as:

| "Victims are often scarred emotionally. They feel violated and helpless -- and very angry. I've heard people use the word "rape" to describe how they feel. "

| "A search of his SSN showed he was wanted for a crime in the Bay Area. He was transported from San Diego to San Francisco and put in jail. It took him 10 days before one of the officers believed him, took his fingerprints as he had requested all along, and realized they had the wrong person."

| "when the imposter is working under the victim's name and SSN, and the earnings show on the victim's Social Security Administration record. We learned of one such a case that had been going on for 10 years. The imposter obtained the victim's birth certificate, a public record in California. And even when the victim acquired a new SSN, the impersonator was able to obtain it shortly thereafter. Victims of employment fraud often must deal with the Internal Revenue Service because IRS records show they are under-reporting their wages."