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Fakecloud: Local AWS cloud emulator for integration tests

154 points · 78 comments · theanonymousone

  1. otterley · · focus · HN ↗
    There’s also MiniStack, which forked from LocalStack after they started breaking developer workflows: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ministack.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ministack.org&#x2F;

    Both fakecloud and its website look sloppily vibe-coded, and its “authors” are anonymous. It’s going to take a while for it to earn trust. I’d treat it with suspicion. (Curl-to-shell pipe to install? Ugh.)

    1. straygarr · · focus · HN ↗
      Agreed with everything up to:

      &quot;curl-to-shell pipe to install&quot; - what&#x27;s the problem here? that&#x27;s pretty common on linux systems and something the AWS CLI uses.

      Or is the problem the fact that this dev is untrusted and is executing a possibly malicious script on your machine?

      1. x3n0ph3n3 · · focus · HN ↗
        curl-to-shell is a terrible installation mechanism because it&#x27;s not easily reversible and I can&#x27;t tell if any of the assets are signed, or integrity checked, or not.
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