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When I worked for a large tech company I spent a few months building a similar service for internal use. I can confirm, managing all of those instances and maki
by sawyerjhood 7y ago
When I worked for a large tech company I spent a few months building a similar service for internal use. I can confirm, managing all of those instances and making it reliable can be a huge headache. I really wish using browserless was an option for us
- trpc 7y agoyou worked for a "large tech company" but found it a "huge headache" to just add an internal puppeteer microservice with a couple of k8s yaml lines or any other equivalent that is much more scalable, faster, controllable, and above all private inside your own cloud? what do engineers even do these days?
- highace 7y agoIt's probably those same engineers that use Dropbox instead of getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem.
- sdan 7y agoQuality comment
- trpc 7y agoLiterally writing a 5-line k8s yaml file or just pressing enter "docker run image" has nothing to do with your example. If you've been following OP, you will know that he has been excessively self-promoting his big nothing burger of a product not only on HN but on other websites like Reddit and IndieHackers along with countless podcasts. He's comparing his "SaaS" to managed Postgres or any database which is laughable, databases require much more care and effort than just running them as is over cloud for money.
- lallysingh 7y agoThey probably write stuff that they can't buy. Engineers cost money.
- tomlockwood 7y ago> what do engineers even do these days? Solve problems with computers.
- harrisonjackson 7y agoYou should totally rewrite this and open it under a license you like and post back here. Make sure it has a 1-click deploy to multi-cloud though - needs to be easy for anyone to launch it wherever they might be working.
- totaldex 7y agoThe headache doesn't come from building out this 'simple' bare bones solution. It comes from making it play well with the larger ecosystem you're integrating it with, and committing to supporting it for other engineers. All of a sudden, your job description starts to change and you're working well out of your scope. These managed solutions can provide value for large companies, especially ones that fall into a DIY trap.