It is disturbing how the moderators of HN are condoning the comments in this thread (the top comment by 'neonsunset' provides tools that enable DDoSing a foreign government website) that are encouraging cyber warfare against a nation-state that is considered an 'enemy' of their state (the USA).
Had a Russian/enemy state website had a similar thread that condoned cyber-attacks against the USA critical infrastructure, they would be flagged as terrorists and 'empire' publications like major US newspapers would be all over it as "war against the USA".
All this bluster from capitalists merely reflects hypocrisy.
The complexity of this setup screams 1 major thing to me: security issues
Seeing as we are on this topic, I would like to pose 1 simple and theoretical question for all those who only need 1 decently-sized 4GB server to get their small projects running:
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What type of setup can be used to get a simple Rails/Sinatra/Flask/Django webapp + Postgres-DB on a single 4GB server that has to be maintained by a single individual where time and complexity are highly-valued commodities?
The least-complex setup will be preferred, as the hundreds of 1-man side-projects will not be able to maintain their 43 container-clusters using x-software on top of y-software that is managed by z-software.
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A good answer here will probably help hundreds of individuals here avoid the situation of "I should probably containerize my app because everyone else does it" scenarios.
Had a Russian/enemy state website had a similar thread that condoned cyber-attacks against the USA critical infrastructure, they would be flagged as terrorists and 'empire' publications like major US newspapers would be all over it as "war against the USA".
All this bluster from capitalists merely reflects hypocrisy.