InstaDocker
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cloud container hosting
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
8 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
No sign-in needed; Run Now launches a container immediately
From 1 comment
Really great implementation. I was delighted to see that clicking on the 'Run Now' button immediately launched a container - no sign in, etc required. I've been working on a…
xur17 on HN
Good idea for on-demand computing and testing
From 2 comments
Would love to use this for on-demand IPython parallel computing.
lyschoening on HNWould be neat to pair this service or one like it with the "Deploy on Heroku"-type buttons/badges I've seen on github before. A "Run this container now" type thing.
joshstrange on HN
Objections
Docker is not meant to run untrusted images
From 1 comment
This sounds like a REALLY bad idea. Docker is not really meant to run untrusted images.
masta on HN
Mobile layout of the Q&A section was unreadable
From 1 comment
On mobile, nothing is readable in what I'm guessing is the Q&A section at the bottom.
keedot on HN
Lifetime cut from 12 hours to 15 minutes, raising capacity questions
From 1 comment
"This container will be alive for next 15 minutes. If you would like to keep it running more than 15 minutes please contact us on Twitter." - Changing 12 hours to 15 minutes, is…
mayli on HN
Requests
Support for passing environment variables
From 2 comments
Cool idea. Will you have support for passing environment variables?
Procrastes on HNI'm torn. Your UX is about convenience, so probably expose a form for the MVP, so I can set an initial user and DB credentials for WordPress, for instance. I would probably…
Procrastes on HN
Scheduled container runs
From 2 comments
Really great implementation. I was delighted to see that clicking on the 'Run Now' button immediately launched a container - no sign in, etc required. I've been working on a…
xur17 on HNI schedule them so I can run a recurring task every day. Examples: 1. Crawl a website, and store the data to a database - update every few hours. 2. Check a website for changes.…
xur17 on HN
Questions
What are people planning to use it for?
From 1 comment
What are people planning on using this for? Testing their own containers, or more testing things that rely on the services provided by existing published containers?
kiernan on HN
Alternatives named
Tmpnb (Jupyter)
From 1 comment
Sorry, no. This here is somewhat related though: A dockerized web service that launches a new IPython notebook instance for each user who connects. https://github.com/jupyter/tmpnb
lyschoening on HN
Domino Data Lab
From 1 comment
You can try https://www.dominodatalab.com/
toddkazakov on HN
PiCloud
From 1 comment
PiCloud did something like this, but they were bought by Dropbox. Haven't heard much about them since.
monatron on HN
tryrethink.info and any-saas
From 1 comment
I created something like this a long time ago (about 2 years, in fact) in the now defunct tryrethink.info[1] I worked on it some more after doing a few try* sites, and open…
nickstinemates on HN