Hocus
Dev tools
cloud dev environments
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
5 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Idea: 2 for, 3 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea for setting up dev environments and running integration tests
From 2 comments
This is actually something I wish we had at my previous company. Setting up the environment was a pain, and very few people knew how to run all the tests (integration tests…
enedil on HNThis looks excellent! I have to try spinning it up in my homelab to see how well it works for my needs.
notamy on HN
Authors are strong engineers
From 1 comment
Ah, great to see this here! Disclaimer: Know the authors, who are extremely bright engineers. Based on my discussions with one of them, Hugo, re the architecture a couple weeks…
cube2222 on HN
Objections
Per-seat pricing ($39/user/month) is too high for self-hosted software
From 2 comments
I believe this kind of service is the way forward when it comes to developer tooling. But paying $39/mo/user for having the right to deal with the deployment myself for a tool…
cpa on HNFor a self-hosted solution that pricing is a complete non-starter. I have a team of 30 devs, so it would be $1,200/mo. That's on par with GitHub's enterprise plan plus Codespaces…
inhumantsar on HN
Uses a custom environment standard instead of devcontainer or Devfile
From 1 comment
I really wish you had used one of the existing standards in place like .devcontainer or a Devfile. Frustrating to see a solution emerge that uses its own declarative devenv…
emptysongglass on HN
Auto-rebuilding on every commit makes builds non-repeatable
From 2 comments
I didn't look at it thoroughly, but it looks really cool and I'll probably give it a proper try at some point. Judging by your comment only... > watches your repository for new…
donmcronald on HN> It would only break if your old dev env can no longer be built, for example if it depended on some external resource which is no longer available on the internet. That's what I…
donmcronald on HN
Requests
Support GPU machines
From 1 comment
Pretty nice, I have two questions: 1. Comparing to something like GitPod (which lets you run on your own instances as well), where do you think Hocus shines? 2. Given you're…
itay on HN
Pre-baked development templates
From 1 comment
Very intrigued. With the real VM isolation, I wonder if I could use this as a way of dipping my toe into the Nix pool. Have you given any thought to offering pre-baked…
0cf8612b2e1e on HN
Scheduled prebuilds instead of per-commit
From 1 comment
I didn't look at it thoroughly, but it looks really cool and I'll probably give it a proper try at some point. Judging by your comment only... > watches your repository for new…
donmcronald on HN
Questions
How it compares to Gitpod and Coder
From 2 comments
Pretty nice, I have two questions: 1. Comparing to something like GitPod (which lets you run on your own instances as well), where do you think Hocus shines? 2. Given you're…
itay on HNHow does this compare to https://coder.com?
yewenjie on HN
Relation between Firecracker and Docker
From 1 comment
I see Docker listed as a requirement, and I am familiar with Docker. The repo mentions using Firecracker, a microVM that I've only ever heard of. What is the relation, if any,…
politelemon on HN
Alternatives named
Gitpod
From 1 comment
Pretty nice, I have two questions: 1. Comparing to something like GitPod (which lets you run on your own instances as well), where do you think Hocus shines? 2. Given you're…
itay on HN
Coder
From 1 comment
How does this compare to https://coder.com?
yewenjie on HN
GitHub Codespaces
From 1 comment
Ah that is poor wording on my part! By "flavor of the month", I was referring to the many VS Code variants (e.g. VSCodium, GitHub Codespaces, etc). For better or worse VS Code…
jlkuester7 on HN
devspace on Kubernetes
From 1 comment
You can get close to this without licensing/fees by standing up a K8s cluster and running devspace
throwawaaarrgh on HN