Credstash
Infrastructure
secrets management
SHOW HN2015
69points
14comments
#397of 2,565 in 2015
Top 16%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Design: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
DynamoDB is a sound choice over SimpleDB
From 2 comments
SimpleDB is deprecated, more expensive than DDB, and kind of weird to use. Backing your keystore with a deprecated service just sounds like a road to many sleepless nights ;) The…
_alex_ on HNI think DynamoDB has replaced SimpleDB as the default key-value store if you're running within AWS. For example, even the official Kinesis Client Library will store its state in…
athrun on HN
Objections
Depends on three AWS services, which is a lot for a tiny utility
From 1 comment
Why DynamoDB and not, let's say, SimpleDB? I'm sorry but isn't this "tiny" utility coming with huge requirements indeed?
kolev on HN
SimpleDB status is unclear and it looks neglected
From 2 comments
> SimpleDB is deprecated It actually doesn't appear to be officially deprecated at all, although perhaps it is considered feature complete: http://aws.amazon.com/simpledb/…
jamiesonbecker on HNThe page is still up, and AWS is obviously still running the service (and will as long as customers keep using it), but it's not linked from anywhere. Here's a list of all the…
_alex_ on HN
SimpleDB's 1024-character value limit breaks with encrypted values
From 1 comment
I've gone down that path before of storing encrypted secrets in SimpleDB. Unfortunately, encrypting string values will bloat the length of your strings, bumping against the 1024…
wuster on HN
Requests
Support S3 as a backend
From 1 comment
I am sorry, but how can DynamoDB be cheaper when I have to pay to provision capacity and SimpleDB is practically free for low-volume stuff like this? S3 is probably an even…
kolev on HN
Questions
Why DynamoDB instead of SimpleDB
From 1 comment
Why DynamoDB and not, let's say, SimpleDB? I'm sorry but isn't this "tiny" utility coming with huge requirements indeed?
kolev on HN
Is DynamoDB cheaper than SimpleDB at low volume
From 2 comments
I am sorry, but how can DynamoDB be cheaper when I have to pay to provision capacity and SimpleDB is practically free for low-volume stuff like this? S3 is probably an even…
kolev on HNDynamoDB is quite inexpensive at low usage levels. The Free Tier gives you: "25 GB of Storage, 25 Units of Read Capacity and 25 Units of Write Capacity – Enough to handle up to…
athrun on HN
Alternatives named
SimpleDB
From 1 comment
Why DynamoDB and not, let's say, SimpleDB? I'm sorry but isn't this "tiny" utility coming with huge requirements indeed?
kolev on HN
S3
From 1 comment
I am sorry, but how can DynamoDB be cheaper when I have to pay to provision capacity and SimpleDB is practically free for low-volume stuff like this? S3 is probably an even…
kolev on HN