TaronAvagyan

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   by TaronAvagyan 3y ago

   > ask 100 random people I don't think it should be left to the opinion of 100 "random" people. I'll quote Wikipedia[0] again: "Self-hosting is the practice of running and maintaining a website or service using
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   by TaronAvagyan 3y ago

   Postgresql is a great example.
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   by TaronAvagyan 3y ago

   True, but it doesn't have a program wrapper and isn't part of the AWS Free tier. For a lot of teams, it's a better choice than Embrasure, but Embrasure serves its use case well and all of its components can be deployed with A
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   by TaronAvagyan 3y ago

   Based on a strict definition, I agree that Embrasure may not be considered self-hosted, but I don't think that's the "prevailing expectation." For example, look at Infisical's documentation[0], and you'll see t
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   by TaronAvagyan 3y ago

   That's a fair point. Thanks for the feedback!
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   by TaronAvagyan 3y ago

   I would disagree. Sure, you don't own the hardware, but you have total control over Embrasure's functionality within your self-contained instance. Wikipedia: "Self-hosting is the practice of running and maintaining a website
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   by TaronAvagyan 3y ago

   I agree this is generally a good idea, but sometimes you can't avoid using secrets. Right?
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   by TaronAvagyan 3y ago

   SSM is a great alternative, but it's a managed solution. Embrasure is self-hosted.
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   by TaronAvagyan 3y ago

   > expected "self-hosted" to mean I can host anywhere You're referring to a cloud-agnostic solution. Embrasure is self-hosted since each instance is deployed within an organization's infrastructure, but as you mentione
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    by TaronAvagyan 3y ago

    Thanks! We used Adobe and svgrepo.com for vectors.