Jan Wildeboer 😷Feb 20

This is a link to an article written by someone else, not me:

"I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure. Here's the stack I landed on, what was harder than expected, and what you still can't avoid."

https://www.coinerella.com/made-in-eu-it-was-harder-than-i-thought/

We need more stories like this being shared in the open. You can criticise some parts of the decisions made here, but that's not the point. Someone tried, learned and shares the result. *That's* the point.

#DigitalSovereignty #Cloudless

"Made in EU" - it was harder than I thought.

I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure. Here's the stack I landed on, what was harder than expected, and what you still can't avoid.

Coinerella
Show threadJan Wildeboer 😷Feb 21

El Reg (that’s how we, the elders of the internet, call The Register) sums it up: „Europe can run your stack perfectly well. It just hasn't quite figured out how to make it the default path yet.“

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/20/ditching_aws_euro_stack/#:~:text=Europe%20can%20run%20your%20stack%20perfectly%20well.%20It%20just%20hasn't%20quite%20figured%20out%20how%20to%20make%20it%20the%20default%20path%20yet.

Founder ditches AWS for Euro stack, finds sovereignty isn't plug-and-play

: Attempt to go 'Made in EU' offers big tech escapees a reality check where lower cloud bills come with higher effort

The Register
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The other problem is humans will go for a one click solution instead of doing the hard yards and actually understanding how the stack works.
Feb 21 at 1:06pmWeb