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If Gitpod (!) or GitHub Codespaces is down (!) then if your team has successfully migrated towards reproducible environments then mitigation in disaster scenari
by ghuntley 5y ago
If Gitpod (!) or GitHub Codespaces is down (!) then if your team has successfully migrated towards reproducible environments then mitigation in disaster scenarios should be as simple as
> $ nix-shell
ie. https://github.com/gitpod-io/template-nix https://github.com/gitpod-io/template-nix
or
> $ docker-compose up
ie. https://github.com/gitpod-io/template-docker-compose https://github.com/gitpod-io/template-docker-compose
ps. Did you know Gitpod is open-source and can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure?
- krono 5y agoSo if our workspace environments are fully reproducible and trivial to deploy already, what additional benefits do these services bring to the table? (circling back to my original question :) ) Been using internally-managed reproducible environments for a while now, so I'm fully aware of the major benefits. Will have to look into Gitpod more, thanks!
- ghuntley 5y agoContext switching https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28431406 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28431406 and software development in the cloud means you don't need fast internet https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26284635 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26284635 and a companies intellectual property is not on employee/contractor devices.