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"I cut my healthcare costs by 90% by canceling insurance and doctor visits." In all seriousness, this is a recurring pattern on HN and it sends the wrong messa

by mv4 11mo ago

"I cut my healthcare costs by 90% by canceling insurance and doctor visits." In all seriousness, this is a recurring pattern on HN and it sends the wrong message. It's almost as bad as vibecoding a paid service and losing private customer data. There was a thread here awhile ago, 'How We Saved $500,000 Per Year by Rolling Our Own “S3' [1]. Then they promptly got hacked. [2] [1] https://engineering.nanit.com/how-we-saved-500-000-per-year-by-rolling-our-own-s3-6caec1ee1143 https://engineering.nanit.com/how-we-saved-500-000-per-year-... [2] https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-mom-stranger-talking-baby-monitor/ https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-mom-stranger-...

csunoser 11mo ago
Even after reading the source, it doesn’t seem like they were hacked? Or if they were, they were not accused of such. I do think hand rolling your own thing is fraught. But it is very confusing to equate one mother’s complaint to “they have been hacked”. PS: The people who made their own s3 rans a baby monitor company. News article is about a mother reporting hearing a weird voice from the baby monitour.
- mv4 11mo ago
  Multiple reports on reddit suggest people making this baby cam do not understand security. https://www.reddit.com/r/NewParents/comments/1ocgmoi/nanit_camera_hacked/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NewParents/comments/1ocgmoi/nanit_c... https://www.reddit.com/r/Nanit/comments/1ffc051/nanit_hacked_again_another_strange_voicenanit/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Nanit/comments/1ffc051/nanit_hacked... https://www.reddit.com/r/Nanit/comments/1dyaph6/heard_a_voice_on_our_nanit/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Nanit/comments/1dyaph6/heard_a_voic...
raxxorraxor 11mo ago
You just need to vibe configure your server too so that it matches your application. Seriously, I think for most services Hetzner is the better option. No provider lock-in, easier configuration (you cannot tell me AWS/Azure configuration is easier than system administration, these services change every 3 months and use non-standard tools). Most services can stomach a technical fault. Recoverability is more important. There are some exceptions to this and that highly depends on the nature of the service. Nobody here described the nature of their services, so we can only speculate.

by mv4 11mo ago

csunoser 11mo ago

Even after reading the source, it doesn’t seem like they were hacked? Or if they were, they were not accused of such. I do think hand rolling your own thing is fraught. But it is very confusing to equate one mother’s complaint to “they have been hacked”. PS: The people who made their own s3 rans a baby monitor company. News article is about a mother reporting hearing a weird voice from the baby monitour.

mv4 11mo ago
Multiple reports on reddit suggest people making this baby cam do not understand security. https://www.reddit.com/r/NewParents/comments/1ocgmoi/nanit_camera_hacked/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NewParents/comments/1ocgmoi/nanit_c... https://www.reddit.com/r/Nanit/comments/1ffc051/nanit_hacked_again_another_strange_voicenanit/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Nanit/comments/1ffc051/nanit_hacked... https://www.reddit.com/r/Nanit/comments/1dyaph6/heard_a_voice_on_our_nanit/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Nanit/comments/1dyaph6/heard_a_voic...

raxxorraxor 11mo ago

You just need to vibe configure your server too so that it matches your application. Seriously, I think for most services Hetzner is the better option. No provider lock-in, easier configuration (you cannot tell me AWS/Azure configuration is easier than system administration, these services change every 3 months and use non-standard tools). Most services can stomach a technical fault. Recoverability is more important. There are some exceptions to this and that highly depends on the nature of the service. Nobody here described the nature of their services, so we can only speculate.