IdeaWell

Project ideas from Hacker News discussions.

Bunny Database

Original Article

Hacker News Discussion

📝 Discussion Summary (Click to expand)

1. Bunny as a practical Cloudflare replacement
Many users praise Bunny’s CDN, pricing, and EU‑centric data centers as a drop‑in alternative to Cloudflare.

“I’ve been using Bunny as a Cloudflare replacement for a couple of years and my experience has been flawless.” – pier25
“Bunny also has a lot better region selection, 41 available vs. Cloudflare's 6.” – Nnnes
“Some ISPs have bad peering with Cloudflare… If you’re in Germany, Bunny is a better choice.” – benjymo

2. Frustration over delayed S3‑compatibility
The promised S3‑compatible object storage has been on the roadmap since 2022, but progress has stalled, leaving users uncertain and disappointed.

“It does feel like they're spreading their resources pretty thin… the S3‑compatible interface… has been ‘coming soon’ since 2022.” – jsheard
“I was pretty excited to bring stuff over from Cloudflare but the missing S3 compat… is a dealbreaker for me.” – fspoettel
“They announced S3 support in 2022, but it’s still in closed beta and the roadmap keeps shifting.” – cschmatzler

3. Edge‑database (SQLite/libSQL) – pricing, reliability, and support trade‑offs
Bunny’s new database promises a usage‑based model and edge‑proximity, but users weigh its benefits against Cloudflare D1, other managed DBs, and concerns about feature completeness and support.

“Their edge scripting is based on Deno… and I think is pretty comparable to e.g. Vercel.” – iainmerrick
“Pricing strongly favors Bunny once you’re outside of Cloudflare’s free tier.” – Nnnes
“I have a lot of concerns around backups, security, and reliability when running my own DB.” – nicoburns
“Bunny’s database is a truly usage‑based model with affordable read replication and minimal idle costs.” – m_nalikowski

These three themes—Bunny as a Cloudflare alternative, the stalled S3‑compatibility roadmap, and the edge‑database offering—dominate the discussion.

🚀 Project Ideas

S3Bridge for Bunny

Summary

  • Provides a fully‑compatible S3 API layer on top of Bunny Storage, enabling existing S3 tooling to work without waiting for Bunny’s native support.
  • Eliminates the need for custom adapters or manual migration scripts, reducing vendor lock‑in and deployment friction.

Details

Key Value
Target Audience Developers and ops teams using Bunny Storage who need S3‑compatible APIs.
Core Feature HTTP reverse proxy translating S3 REST calls to Bunny’s native API, with optional CLI/SDK wrappers.
Tech Stack Go (net/http), AWS SDK v2, Docker, optional Terraform module.
Difficulty Medium
Monetization Hobby

Notes

  • Users repeatedly complain: “S3 compatibility is in closed preview” and “S3 support is delayed.”
  • A community‑driven, open‑source bridge would satisfy the “lack of transparency” pain point.
  • The tool could be packaged as a Docker image and a Terraform module, making it easy to adopt in CI/CD pipelines.

BunnyLogHub

Summary

  • Real‑time log aggregation, storage, and visualization platform for Bunny CDN logs.
  • Provides instant dashboards, alerting, and long‑term retention, solving the “3‑day delay” and “missing status page” frustrations.

Details

Key Value
Target Audience Bunny CDN users needing reliable, near‑real‑time log access.
Core Feature Ingests Bunny CDN logs via API, stores in ClickHouse, exposes Grafana dashboards and alerting.
Tech Stack Rust (actix‑web), ClickHouse, Grafana, Docker Compose.
Difficulty High
Monetization Revenue‑ready: Freemium with $5/month for 1 TB retention, $20/month for 10 TB and alerting.

Notes

  • “Log delivery API delayed by 3 days” and “real‑time log delivery is unreliable” are common complaints.
  • The platform can expose a simple REST endpoint for log queries, easing integration with existing monitoring stacks.
  • The freemium model encourages early adoption while monetizing heavy‑usage customers.

BunnyDNS Migrator

Summary

  • Interactive wizard that imports Cloudflare DNS zones into Bunny DNS, automatically handling DS records, IPv6 origin support, and CDN configuration.
  • Removes the “rewrite URLs” pain and streamlines the migration process.

Details

Key Value
Target Audience Teams moving from Cloudflare to Bunny for CDN/DNS.
Core Feature Zone import, DS record conversion, IPv6‑only origin detection, automated CDN pull‑zone creation.
Tech Stack Node.js, Terraform, Cloudflare API, Bunny DNS API, Inquirer CLI.
Difficulty Medium
Monetization Hobby

Notes

  • Users noted: “I had to rewrite URLs in my app” and “I had to point NS to Bunny and enable proxy.”
  • The tool can generate a migration plan, preview changes, and apply them with a single command, reducing downtime.
  • By automating DS record handling, it addresses the “lack of DS record support” concern and improves trust in the migration process.

Read Later