Comment by vrighter

" Just constructing what seems to be a reasonably private and robust linux computer took at least a year of full-time effort."

How? I mean seriously, if it took one whole year to set up one linux system, then you must have close to no idea what you're doing. It takes a couple of minutes to install the OS, and another couple of hours (heck, make it days if you want to be extra thorough) to apply some hardening techniques.

Edit: Also, you can't buy "don't write code vulnerable to SQL injection" and you can't buy "Don't ever store passwords, plaintext or encrypted or whatever. You must never know any of your users' password". This to me indicates a naive wannabe vibe-coding their way to disaster. You can't buy "privacy and security" separately from your own product. They must be part of the core business, fundamentally part of the product's design