Blueboat
Infrastructure
serverless runtime
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
8 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.24.
Idea: 5 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Lightweight, good alternative to heavy self-hosted lambda options like OpenWhisk
From 2 comments
I was setting up an on-prem lambda function worker the other day but the current alternatives like OpenWhisk are huge complex beasts for what I needed. This looks like a good…
EddySchauHai on HNNeat. This looks like a good lightweight solution for your own lambda/edge worker clone. Built in multi-tenant is a nice touch.
vorpalhex on HN
Clean, well designed website
From 1 comment
Sort of related - the website design is beautiful. So clean and to the point. I checked the source and it's Tailwind :) Very well executed and a great inspiration me to look into…
shekhar101 on HN
Objections
Requires rewriting JS apps to work with it
From 1 comment
This is really neat. I'm a little sad that it requires rewriting of your js app to make it work with it but still. I'm going to tinker with this for sure.
gabereiser on HN
Cold starts are a cost-saving feature users may want disabled
From 1 comment
I’d add an option for disabling “cold starts” and make them persistent. An annoying concept amazon came up with to save costs on their end. Other than that it’s pretty neat.
yrgulation on HN
Unclear how it differs from existing JS runtimes and cloud offerings
From 2 comments
I am definitely not an expert, but aren't there plenty of Javascript runtimes already? What does this do differently?
JLCarveth on HNI don't understand how its offering differs from existing cloud offerings from AWS, Cloudflare and Netlify
upupandup on HN
Requests
Python version
From 1 comment
Is there something like this for python?
mccorrinall on HN
Beta access to MagicBoat
From 1 comment
This is great stuff, I would definitely be trying it out. If the owner is here, can I get beta access to MagicBoat?
moralestapia on HN
Questions
Is it faster than Deno and Node, and why?
From 1 comment
Is it faster than Deno and Node because it’s more efficient or because there’s less code.
pipeline_peak on HN
Is it open source yet, and how does it compare to Cloudflare Workers?
From 2 comments
Any progress on open sourcing it? I can see the announcement was done in may
js4ever on HNThis sounds quite a bit like Cloudflare Workers, and they have a comparison page - https://github.com/losfair/blueboat/wiki/Comparison-with-Cloudflare-Workers.
josephscott on HN
Alternatives named
Cloudflare Workers
From 2 comments
This sounds quite a bit like Cloudflare Workers, and they have a comparison page - https://github.com/losfair/blueboat/wiki/Comparison-with-Cloudflare-Workers.
josephscott on HNI don't understand how its offering differs from existing cloud offerings from AWS, Cloudflare and Netlify
upupandup on HN
AWS Lambda
From 1 comment
I don't understand how its offering differs from existing cloud offerings from AWS, Cloudflare and Netlify
upupandup on HN
Netlify
From 1 comment
I don't understand how its offering differs from existing cloud offerings from AWS, Cloudflare and Netlify
upupandup on HN
Apache OpenWhisk
From 1 comment
I was setting up an on-prem lambda function worker the other day but the current alternatives like OpenWhisk are huge complex beasts for what I needed. This looks like a good…
EddySchauHai on HN
Deno and Node
From 1 comment
Is it faster than Deno and Node because it’s more efficient or because there’s less code.
pipeline_peak on HN