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Does the compiler run on my workstation or in the cloud? I read through the docs but didn't find anything about this.

by xjia 5y ago

xenoscopic 5y ago
There's no compiler here - it's a tool for bidirectionally synchronizing files (specifically code, assets, build products, etc.) and forwarding network traffic to and from remote systems. The idea behind Mutagen is to use your local tools (e.g. editor, IDE, browser, etc.) to work on remote hardware (where "remote" can mean anything you like, e.g. your local system, a Docker container (local or remote), a Raspberry Pi, a cloud server, etc. - or some combination of all of those). The architecture is designed to be maximally flexible, so you can work between your local system and a remote system, between two remote systems, or in any other topology you want.
- dangom 5y ago
  It sounds like sshfs on steroids?
  - qxxx 5y ago
    with mutagen you have a 1:1 copy on your local machine and remote machine. If the connection drops, you have still all your files on eg your laptop, with sshfs your files are "gone" locally. If your connection is back again, mutagen will start the sync and upload/download files again (only changed) so there is again a 1:1 copy.
qbasic_forever 5y ago
In the kind of setup you'd use with mutagen your dev tools and compilers are typically inside the container, while your code and editor are outside the container and being synced inside the container on every change. If the container is running on another machine/cloud service then yeah it could be that your compiler is running outside your machine. But much more likely it's still running as a container on your machine. The typical use case for this is making your dev environment accessible to anyone, just send them a dockerfile and they can almost perfectly reproduce it and get going with building your software (vs. having to laboriously setup the exact version of each dev tool and compiler you use).

Does the compiler run on my workstation or in the cloud? I read through the docs but didn't find anything about this.

by xjia 5y ago

Does the compiler run on my workstation or in the cloud? I read through the docs but didn't find anything about this.

There's no compiler here - it's a tool for bidirectionally synchronizing files (specifically code, assets, build products, etc.) and forwarding network traffic to and from remote systems. The idea behind Mutagen is to use your local tools (e.g. editor, IDE, browser, etc.) to work on remote hardware (where "remote" can mean anything you like, e.g. your local system, a Docker container (local or remote), a Raspberry Pi, a cloud server, etc. - or some combination of all of those). The architecture is designed to be maximally flexible, so you can work between your local system and a remote system, between two remote systems, or in any other topology you want.

dangom 5y ago
It sounds like sshfs on steroids?
- qxxx 5y ago
  with mutagen you have a 1:1 copy on your local machine and remote machine. If the connection drops, you have still all your files on eg your laptop, with sshfs your files are "gone" locally. If your connection is back again, mutagen will start the sync and upload/download files again (only changed) so there is again a 1:1 copy.

qbasic_forever 5y ago

In the kind of setup you'd use with mutagen your dev tools and compilers are typically inside the container, while your code and editor are outside the container and being synced inside the container on every change. If the container is running on another machine/cloud service then yeah it could be that your compiler is running outside your machine. But much more likely it's still running as a container on your machine. The typical use case for this is making your dev environment accessible to anyone, just send them a dockerfile and they can almost perfectly reproduce it and get going with building your software (vs. having to laboriously setup the exact version of each dev tool and compiler you use).