Prefect

Infrastructure

workflow orchestration

SHOW HN2019

59points
4comments
#737of 2,195 in 2019
Top 34%of 2019 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

Docs: 0 for, 1 against

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Richer task state, dynamic mapping and flexible scheduling compared with Airflow

    From 1 comment
    • There are a few reasons why this could be chosen over something like Airflow. They are (but not limited to): modern workflow semantics including both functional and imperative…
      josmek on HN

Objections

  • Docs and elevator pitch are vague about what the tool does

    From 1 comment
    • Just a tip. I tried to go into the docs to see what it actually does and couldn’t find it, just vague text about workflows. I’m not a data engineer but I am a data scientist.…
      danielscrubs on HN

Requests

  • State up front which tools it replaces

    From 1 comment
    • Just a tip. I tried to go into the docs to see what it actually does and couldn’t find it, just vague text about workflows. I’m not a data engineer but I am a data scientist.…
      danielscrubs on HN

Questions

  • What are the benefits over Airflow?

    From 1 comment
    • This seems like a space that could always use an improvement. What are the benefits of a tool like this over something more popular like Airflow?
      j_kao on HN

Alternatives named

  • Airflow

    From 2 comments
    • This seems like a space that could always use an improvement. What are the benefits of a tool like this over something more popular like Airflow?
      j_kao on HN
    • I lead an initiative in building a data engineering program and randomly picked Airflow to orchestrate our work loads before doing a deeper dive into discovering the right…
      tracer4201 on HN

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