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> racking up fees on AWS Why does everyone just assume they need to use AWS? Get a cheap VPS for projects like this. It's like $10 max all included. https://w

• 999900000999 2y ago
  I also don't want to be responsible for processing other people's data. For example, let's say you upload a song that hasn't been released yet. If it goes to my-server.com and then something strange happens and it leaks it's my fault. If instead it goes to localhost, that risk isn't there.
  • codingdave 2y ago
    And then their local system gets coffee spilled on it and is friend, and they call you asking where their data went... I totally understand not wanting to be responsible for their data, but you'd better be really sure that they understand how things work. Uploading to a web app makes people think their data is in the cloud. If you want their data saved locally, use a native UI that makes it clear they are saving a file to their system.
  • JSDevOps 2y ago
    Ah I see what you want to do. Maybe have a look at something like ZipApp https://docs.python.org/3/library/zipapp.html https://docs.python.org/3/library/zipapp.html