Hey HN,

I’m Lubos, a solo founder based in Slovakia. I’m building GlitchWard because I got tired of seeing SMBs and agencies running "naked" servers.

Most small teams ignore server security not because they don't care, but because enterprise tools (Wiz, Datadog Security) are too expensive, and manual hardening (fail2ban, OS updates) eventually gets forgotten.

I wanted a tool that creates a "self-defending" server, capable of stopping attacks even when I'm asleep.

CURRENT STATUS: We officially launched yesterday. During our beta, we onboarded 20+ clients and the beacon is currently protecting 100+ servers. You can also check out our demo video and launch details on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/glitchward

We are currently supporting only Linux based operating systems (Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL...)

WHAT IT DOES: You install a lightweight beacon agent (Rust binary), and it provides:

Active Defense: It doesn't just watch; it acts. We recently caught and killed a reverse shell attack in under 10 seconds. Read the analysis here: https://glitchward.com/blog/anatomy-of-an-attack-how-we-caug...

Important: All automated interventions are strictly regulated. The agent relies on multi-stage heuristic analysis and only executes active countermeasures when there is 100% certainty, ensuring it never interferes with legitimate workloads.

AI-Assisted Triage: Instead of cryptic logs, you get an instant analysis of what happened, why it matters, and how to fix it.

CIS Benchmarks & CVE Scanning: Automated hardening checks against industry standards and vulnerability monitoring for OS/NPM/Composer packages.

THE TECH STACK & "WHO BUILT THIS": I have 15+ years of experience architecting massive e-commerce projects from scratch (My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyeskiller/).

The Core: The Rust beacon and backend logic are 100% human-written by me, prioritizing stability and resource efficiency.

The UI: Full disclosure—I'm a tragic web designer, so the frontend (Vue.js + Tailwind) was built with heavy AI assistance.

Compliance: We are fully GDPR compliant and our security architecture is aligned with NIST CSF 2.0.

The platform is live at https://glitchward.com

LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK: I’m curious about your stance on Automated Response. Are you comfortable letting an agent kill processes automatically (given our strict confidence thresholds), or do you strictly prefer "alert-only" for production servers? (Note: GlitchWard supports both modes, so you can choose what fits your risk appetite).

If you want to try it out, I’ve created a coupon code HACKERNEWS for an 7-day trial - no credit card required (or just ping me at lubos@glitchward.com).

Thanks!