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

A founder recounts building a "Made in EU" technology stack for a cross-border car parts marketplace, using European providers (Hetzner, Scaleway, Bunny.net, Nebius, Hanko) and numerous self-hosted components on Kubernetes with Rancher. The post highlights the sovereignty benefits of keeping data in Europe and avoiding US hyperscalers, while stressing increased hands-on maintenance, ecosystem gaps compared to GitHub/US services, and pragmatic compromises (app stores, ads, social logins, and cutting-edge AI still often route through US platforms).