Bowery
Dev tools
development environment setup
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
2 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for quickly configuring environments, including for freelancers
From 2 comments
The perfect use-case for this is freelance work on Elance/oDesk. Installing our application on the freelancers PC takes to much time, and using ssh/ftp is cumbersome. Are there…
fotcorn on HNLooks like a really useful service if I can get Clojure running in it simply. In order to ever deploy this to production, I'd need a lot more detail on how it works. It would…
jvandyke on HN
Can use existing config tools like Chef, Puppet, Ansible and export VMs
From 1 comment
You can configure your Bowery environment with whatever tool you use in production (chef, puppet, Ansible, etc) and then export the VMs to whatever production format you prefer.…
thebyrd on HN
Objections
Unclear path to production; weak production support
From 2 comments
Isn't it a better idea to manage your dev & prod environments using the same configuration management tools so that it's easier to synchronize them? Bowery doesn't seem to have…
MaybiusStrip on HNLooks like a really useful service if I can get Clojure running in it simply. In order to ever deploy this to production, I'd need a lot more detail on how it works. It would…
jvandyke on HN
Unclear whether Clojure runs easily
From 1 comment
Looks like a really useful service if I can get Clojure running in it simply. In order to ever deploy this to production, I'd need a lot more detail on how it works. It would…
jvandyke on HN
Go not supported by default
From 1 comment
And yet they don't support Go by default :/
Artemis2 on HN
Confusing 'PC, or Linux' wording on the install page
From 1 comment
> Install on Mac, PC, or Linux... Am I the only one feeling this is wrong? I know Apple wants their Macs not be called PC's. But a distinction between PC and Linux is something…
alandarev on HN
Requests
Better explanation of how it works for production deployment
From 1 comment
Looks like a really useful service if I can get Clojure running in it simply. In order to ever deploy this to production, I'd need a lot more detail on how it works. It would…
jvandyke on HN
Cross-platform file sync tool with permanent connection
From 1 comment
The perfect use-case for this is freelance work on Elance/oDesk. Installing our application on the freelancers PC takes to much time, and using ssh/ftp is cumbersome. Are there…
fotcorn on HN
Questions
Are there good file sync tools for Win/Linux/Mac
From 1 comment
The perfect use-case for this is freelance work on Elance/oDesk. Installing our application on the freelancers PC takes to much time, and using ssh/ftp is cumbersome. Are there…
fotcorn on HN
Experiences with prebuilt VM images for contractors
From 1 comment
Any good/bad experience using prebuilt VM images that contractors can just download and start working in ? (Struggling with kind of the same issue) I also tried Amazon Workspaces…
ark15 on HN
Alternatives named
Amazon Workspaces
From 1 comment
Any good/bad experience using prebuilt VM images that contractors can just download and start working in ? (Struggling with kind of the same issue) I also tried Amazon Workspaces…
ark15 on HN
rsync with inotify
From 1 comment
The perfect use-case for this is freelance work on Elance/oDesk. Installing our application on the freelancers PC takes to much time, and using ssh/ftp is cumbersome. Are there…
fotcorn on HN
Chef, Puppet, Ansible
From 1 comment
You can configure your Bowery environment with whatever tool you use in production (chef, puppet, Ansible, etc) and then export the VMs to whatever production format you prefer.…
thebyrd on HN