Ask HN: Local server, Global client – What am I missing?
I’m thinking about various deployment options for this client-server product my small team is making. OnPrem and SaaS comes with their own pros and cons, and this hybrid approach seems like a good middle ground.

This is what I am thinking of:
We would package our python server that the user installs on their machine. The user then opens our internet hosted web client. The client calls APIs at localhost:5000.

The customer is happy because their files never leave th … ⌘ Read more