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Congratulations on releasing your product! It looks super interesting. Some questions from the top of my head: - Where is the data stored geographically? (US, EU, or a specific country) - Do you plan on having multiple options for the web version (cloud vs self-hosted)

I find that data sovereignty is very important to me (it might not be for everyone), which is why I ask about those points specifically ;)

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Thanks! Data sovereignty is also top of my mind, but I think we should approach it not with the physical location of the servers/databases, but with the ability to encrypt, thus own, your data.

Currently it uses GCP with data centers in the US, but when E2EE is rolled out, I don't think it would matter where it's located? There might be legal complications so I'm also thinking of moving the physical databases to jurisdictions like Switzerland, if it comes to that.

Given the complexity of the backend, I think a self-hosted version might not be possible in the short term. However, single tenant versions (like GitLab dedicated) is definitely doable.

Unfortunately, it always matters. There's always someone who wants to know where the data is physically located and they will always want an answer for it.

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