Nat-zero
Scale-to-zero NAT instances for AWS (Terraform module)
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HN · launched Apr 28, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 89%) · 1 view
Niche: cloud infrastructure and development platforms · 74 launches, 6 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
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- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Partial The Terraform definitions are straightforward, but automatically scaling an EC2-based NAT gateway to zero based on idle VPC network traffic requires specialized AWS networking and route table automation.
What it would actually take: The system combines Terraform infrastructure modules with AWS Lambda, EventBridge, CloudWatch metrics, and VPC route table modification APIs. The core technical hurdle is handling cold starts and traffic detection: when traffic attempts to egress a private subnet while the NAT instance is stopped, custom routing or packet capture triggers a fast Lambda spin-up without dropping or timing out initial connection handshakes.
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Competitors mentioned: fck-nat (always-on NAT instances), AWS NAT Gateway
Competitors
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Attention rank: #489 of 549 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 173 days after the earliest competitor.
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