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
The thread, comment by comment
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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 HNI 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