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I think the website could be clearer, but the use case is already pretty clear: it's a foundational piece for you to build your own CI/CD infrastructure, it doe
by capableweb 4y ago
I think the website could be clearer, but the use case is already pretty clear: it's a foundational piece for you to build your own CI/CD infrastructure, it doesn't provide a complete experience out of the box. The first section says the following:
> Bob allows you to build your own custom CI / CD infrastructure thanks to it's composable architecture, allowing you to use Bob for various different purposes
The "Why" page goes further and explains what Bob is, so what is not described there, it doesn't ship with, like a UI, which would be up to you to decide which UI to use, or to write your own (or skip fully if you don't need it, maybe just use IRC/Matrix/Discord/Slack notifications?) https://bob-cd.github.io/pages/why-bob.html https://bob-cd.github.io/pages/why-bob.html
> It feels like Bob CD website makes sense only if you already know how to use Bob CD.
Just as a disclosure; I have never heard about Bob CD since I read the linked website from this submission, so no previous experience. And I think I grok it pretty easily, although I've built and maintained more CI/CD integrations/platforms than I care to count at this point, so probably biased a bit.
- bxparks 4y agoThanks, your post seems more clear than the website: Bob is for people who build CI/CD, not for people who use CI/CD.
- lipsyclouds 4y agohello, the author here! all of these points have been taken as valuable feedback and thanks a lot for this! what @capableweb said is pretty much the goal of bob, primarily originating from my experiences with various tooling along my career and pretty much built in my free time. would love if more people have a similar perspectives and would love to see it in a more formal way that just a way to solve my problems :) and of course happy to collaborate and PRs most welcome! :D