Ask HN: how should I protect my web source code?

[testme4ever2]

I am currently developing a marketplace startup that is ready to launch, but I am curious to know if I should install a firewall (that means upgrading my current shared hosted to a dedicated server) or should I just use a regular shared web hosted like 1and1, godaddy, etc?

Can hackers really break easily into shared hosted server like 1and1 and godaddy and steal source code? Should I be worry about this?

I am currently bootstrapping, of course in ideal situation, I would do what it takes to secure it, etc, but I am not sure if it would be necessary to start. Of course, if things pick up, I would upgrade my package or possibly move to AWS.

Please advise, and thanks again for the input.

[wmf]

No, you don't need to worry about this because the value in a marketplace is not in the code. You do need to worry about passwords being hacked, though.

[testme4ever2 → wmf]

Thank you for your response. So how should I protect the passwords? I assume you mean the users password?

Why source code is not the value? If they could hack it, then they can just deploy the same code in a matter of weeks?

oh, any suggestion on how to implement the admin backend access? Currently my admin access is just a subdomain, which I think is not secure access (although it requires admin credentials to access it).

Thank you.

[wmf → testme4ever2]

If someone deploys your code you could notice and sue them. Also, they wouldn't have your brand name, your marketing, your userbase, etc.