Read the README; this runs a function on other instances in the cloud, on-demand. I agree the title is confusing. For example, you could write a parallelizable,

Read the README; this runs a function on other instances in the cloud, on-demand. I agree the title is confusing. For example, you could write a parallelizable, computationally intense function, and have it run in parallel in AWS, directed from a script on your laptop. Without having to set up servers, upload code, etc.