Burst
Dev tools
cloud compute cli
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
3 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.08.
Execution: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Works well with Google Cloud and Jupyter support
From 1 comment
I use burst with google cloud, and it works great! I especially like the new Jupyter support -- I can actually run emacs in a shell window in the docker container via a Jupyter…
DonHopkins on HN
Useful for avoiding forgotten expensive machines
From 2 comments
This is really awesome. When I was younger, I accidentally kept a gpu AWS instance on for a week or two and racked up $1K+ bill (which Amazon thankfully forgave). Been kinda…
syntaxing on HNI use burst with google cloud, and it works great! I especially like the new Jupyter support -- I can actually run emacs in a shell window in the docker container via a Jupyter…
DonHopkins on HN
Objections
Documentation lacks architecture overview
From 1 comment
I find the documentation to be missing a short overview of the architecture or the conceptual model. It only has step-by-step instructions, and it's not entirely clear what…
Too on HN
Python-specific at launch
From 1 comment
This is cool but looks like it is Python specific. Is there a similar service out there for arbitrary languages?
yewenjie on HN
Requests
Support for non-Python languages
From 1 comment
This is cool but looks like it is Python specific. Is there a similar service out there for arbitrary languages?
yewenjie on HN
Free tier or GPU access
From 1 comment
Is there a free tier, preferably with some GPU access..? (grin grin, I know this is a highly optimistic question)
indigodaddy on HN
Questions
How does it compare to AWS native offerings like Sagemaker and Lambda
From 1 comment
Please consider adding an FAQ about how it compares to "native" AWS offerings, because it resembles a few of them. E.g. Lambda ("run your code" without "start a cloud server" and…
ainzzorl on HN
Why is Docker required locally
From 1 comment
This is pretty neat. I saw that Docker is required on the local side; what's that for? (My understanding is that it sets up Docker on the remote server and build the container…
RyEgswuCsn on HN
Alternatives named
spotty.cloud
From 1 comment
How does this compare to https://spotty.cloud ? That's a very convenient open-source tool for provisioning (spot and reserved) instances, and syncing your data to and from it.
bravura on HN
nimbo.sh
From 1 comment
This is very similar to https://nimbo.sh, which is also an open core project.
mjaques on HN
Terra
From 1 comment
Seems pretty similar to a couple of things, not least terra (although that is nominally more biology focused). Where terra allows setting up pipelines for data as well
JZL003 on HN