EU bootstrapper infrastructure is getting serious attention

An HN thread titled 'The bootstrapper's EU stack for under 10 euros per month' drew detailed discussion about building entirely on European providers: Hetzner for compute, Coolify or Dokploy for a Vercel-like PaaS experience, Scaleway as the closest thing to a US hyperscaler alternative. The thread was practical and specific, debating DNS, email, and whether Scaleway actually replaces the hyperscalers or just covers part of the surface area.

This is not just a cost optimization story. The motivation for many commenters is data sovereignty, EU GDPR compliance without complexity, and reducing dependency on US providers in a period of geopolitical uncertainty. Microsoft's data center cancellation in Caledonia, covered in a separate HN thread, added context: even the hyperscalers are making capacity bets that don't always land, which creates risk for founders who have over-concentrated on a single provider.

The tools being recommended, Hetzner, Dokploy, Coolify, are mature enough that this is a real option rather than a hobbyist exercise. The gap identified in the thread is that replacing a single US hyperscaler with ten European point solutions creates operational complexity that partially erodes the benefit.