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theturtletalks • today at 5:08 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

The biggest case for building bespoke software is that you drop your attack surface area and it’s not as lucrative to hack one person. Don’t even expose it to the internet if you don’t need to and just run Tailscale.


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cbluth • today at 6:37 AM

I think you've just explained why people rent infrastructure.

shepherdjerred • today at 7:48 AM

This is probably correct if you aren’t a target at all, e.g. you aren’t running a business