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stanacyesterday at 8:02 PM1 replyview on HN

So is local stack dead? Is this situation the lesser evil? Or is it not dead and we will see a villain rise?

Edit: I see now, they have commercial offerings: https://www.localstack.cloud/pricing

I am not sure if my corp will be willing to pay or tell us to find something else, but I use it everyday, our integration tests depend on local stack.


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computomaticyesterday at 8:54 PM

IMO, the trajectory was set back when they removed the option for monthly payments. Minimum US$450 to play made it a non-starter for my projects (even with commercial ambitions). They changed this just as I started to integrate (~2024, I think) so I kept to the free capabilities. Have been waiting for the other show to drop and here we are.

Edit: looks like they’ve reintroduced monthly billing within the last few months. I guess that’s a sort of win, even if not for the OSS community. But I’d still be reluctant to get into bed with them at this stage.