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Fakecloud: Local AWS cloud emulator for integration tests

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otterley · 1790521883 · focus · HN ↗
There’s also MiniStack, which forked from LocalStack after they started breaking developer workflows: <a href="https://ministack.org/" rel="nofollow">https://ministack.org/
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. tingletech · 1790525313 · focus · HN ↗
  > and its “authors” are anonymous.
  The blog posts are all attributed to "Lucas Vieira" and the dev group <a href="https://faisca.dev" rel="nofollow">https://faisca.dev that is attributed as the author has 2 other projects. Lucas comes up in LinkedIn and looks like an actual person working in San Francisco.
  Re: curl; this seems to work:
  cargo install fakecloud
  1. losteric · 1790529736 · focus · HN ↗
    faisca.dev is also vibed - perhaps it's a real human using AI to build an online fascade
    SomeUserName432 · 1790534445 · focus · HN ↗
    I don't think it's being questioned that at some point there is human behind this. Though it could always be that spider.

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