Fly
Infrastructure
hosting and ssl provisioning
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
1 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful solution for custom domains needed by SaaS customers
From 1 comment
Timely. I launched a SaaS a few months ago and have found early customers have expected custom domain names with SSL. It seems that not offering this is a deal breaker these…
stevoski on HN
Simple setup compared to alternatives
From 1 comment
I am trying to understand what you offer, compared to AWS. Does it kind of substitute the combination of API Gateway + CloudFront + Certificate Manager ? I have some Lambda funcs…
Gys on HN
Objections
Signup asks for AWS secret keys without clear explanation
From 2 comments
Timely. I launched a SaaS a few months ago and have found early customers have expected custom domain names with SSL. It seems that not offering this is a deal breaker these…
stevoski on HNYou don't need AWS keys at all. This enrollment flow flies in the face of best practices. Intead, you should be providing your users with instructions to create an IAM role for…
subway on HN
Asking for IAM user secrets is poor security practice
From 2 comments
You don't need AWS keys at all. This enrollment flow flies in the face of best practices. Intead, you should be providing your users with instructions to create an IAM role for…
subway on HNDING DING DING The problem is that a junior level of exposure may result in access+secrets being mistakenly given out. Yeah - they should be looking into say, cloudability, or…
samstave on HN
Requests
Support for AWS Elastic Beanstalk and EC2 in onboarding
From 1 comment
Timely. I launched a SaaS a few months ago and have found early customers have expected custom domain names with SSL. It seems that not offering this is a deal breaker these…
stevoski on HN
Clearer documentation comparing to AWS services
From 1 comment
Ok thanks. Might be good to mention comparable AWS services (and maybe others) in your faq. Its only because of this being on HN that I gave it more then a few seconds of…
Gys on HN
Questions
How are hostname ownership and Let's Encrypt rate limits handled
From 2 comments
I may have missed this in the docs, but how are you verifying that someone owns the hostname they are trying to create a cert for? Do you need to cname the hostname to a fly…
andrewbarba on HNHow do you work around the rate limits imposed by Let's Encrypt? https://letsencrypt.org/docs/rate-limits/ If you're getting certificates issued for subdomains of your domain,…
RKearney on HN
Whether it works with App Engine
From 1 comment
Would there be a way to get it to work with App Engine?
type0 on HN
Alternatives named
Cloudflare Enterprise SaaS offering
From 1 comment
Can you help me understand how this is different than Cloudflare's offering [1]? 1- https://www.cloudflare.com/lp/sector/saas/
bosdev on HN
AWS API Gateway, CloudFront and Certificate Manager
From 1 comment
I am trying to understand what you offer, compared to AWS. Does it kind of substitute the combination of API Gateway + CloudFront + Certificate Manager ? I have some Lambda funcs…
Gys on HN
Wildcard certificates with wildcard CNAME
From 1 comment
I'm not sure how this is easier than a wildcard certificate and a wildcard CNAME...
tom169 on HN