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Serverless functions framework for Docker

Shown by alexellisuk on Mar 21, 2017. Click the card to turn it over.

73points

21comments

#609of 2,242 in 2017

Top 28%of 2017 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

3 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.

Idea: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against

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Simple to install and deploy with one command
From 1 comment
- The Docker FaaS UI and built-in Prometheus metrics is a great way to build a Serverless configuration. Not to mention how easy it is to install and deploy with one command.
  vegasbrianc on HN
Built-in UI and Prometheus metrics
From 1 comment
- The Docker FaaS UI and built-in Prometheus metrics is a great way to build a Serverless configuration. Not to mention how easy it is to install and deploy with one command.
  vegasbrianc on HN

Process startup per invocation adds latency
From 2 comments
- I like the simplicity, but have some issues with the stdin/stdout approach - firing up a new interpreter for every invocation has the potential to become costly in terms of time…
  rcarmo on HN
- What's interesting is that all other alternatives listed here in comments also use stdin & stdout. Have we returned to CGI?
  hdhzy on HN
Overhead of functions compared with microservices
From 1 comment
- The project and UI looks very cool. But can someone explain to me why FaaS is a good thing? Isn't this just a perversion of microservices with a ton of development, operations,…
  arekkas on HN

Map query parameters and headers to input
From 2 comments
- Wow, I was thinking about building something like that but this looks very good! Is there a way to map query parameters and / or http headers to input JSON? (a la API Gateway).
  hdhzy on HN
- Sometimes I've got a service that won't send plain JSON but rather some data in query parameters and some in http headers. So it's rather for integration with others. AWS API…
  hdhzy on HN
Example of a function accepting POST
From 1 comment
- It would be nice to see an example of a function that accepts POST, btw., since that would make it easy to do a long-running function that took advantage of recurring requests to…
  rcarmo on HN

How does it compare to iron functions
From 1 comment
- Anyone knows how this compare to iron functions https://github.com/iron-io/functions Looks similar. Docker image with entry point but the entry point is a server instead of…
  hbt on HN

iron functions
From 1 comment
- Anyone knows how this compare to iron functions https://github.com/iron-io/functions Looks similar. Docker image with entry point but the entry point is a server instead of…
  hbt on HN
hook.io microcule
From 1 comment
- Anyone knows how this compare to iron functions https://github.com/iron-io/functions Looks similar. Docker image with entry point but the entry point is a server instead of…
  hbt on HN
Fission
From 1 comment
- There's also http://fission.io
  mankash666 on HN
AWS Lambda
From 1 comment
- Kindof. If you look at aws lambda, you get a few more things for the overhead price: namely, integration with other services (Iam, cognito) and no need to worry about whether…
  zdragnar on HN