jgrid007's comments

On: GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users wit...

[jgrid007]

May be blocked because you are European ;-)

It works for me now.

On: ProtonMail blocked by Vodafone Turkey

[jgrid007]

Things are getting worse in Turkey, but I don't think it's worth to block this service: Most of Protonmail users are familiar with VPN, TOR...

[owly → jgrid007]

I disagree. I’ve recommended ProtonMail to many novice users and helped them get setup. It is so simple that I suspect many less technical users are using it in countries with oppressive regimes.

[luxpir → owly]

Aren't you actually agreeing?

He's saying they'll use tunneling to get around the block so they can carry on using it.

[croshan → luxpir]

No, he's saying that some (possibly many) users know how to use the service, but not VPNs or TOR. Therefore, they are easily blocked, compared to advanced users.

[luxpir → croshan]

Oh OK, they were disagreeing with the last part, not the main point. They both at least agree it shouldn't be blocked...

[jgrid007 → croshan]

First time I agree with somebody in internet without saying the same things

It’s easy to bypass the block, even for non savvy users. They just need some help.

On: 6 lessons learned from going serverless

[jgrid007]

I would add to the list 'keep an eye on the billing'. Once you exhaust the free tier, it could be the case that your Serverless solution is more expensive than a traditional Server solution.

[dfirment → jgrid007]

I'm curious why you'd think a serverless solution would be more expensive than traditional instances once you've exceeded the free tier limits. With Lambda, you are only charged based on the number of requests and their duration. The pricing model includes 1M requests and 400,000 GB-seconds of compute time for free every month. Thereafter, its $0.20 per 1M requests. Seems very cost-effective when compared to traditional server-based solutions.