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This looks great and I'm always please to see products that make it easier for people run their own infrastructure without having to become sysadmins [1]. I es
by amirmc 12y ago
This looks great and I'm always please to see products that make it easier for people run their own infrastructure without having to become sysadmins [1]. I especially like the demo video that describes how apps can be added.
However, one of the things I care about is the ability to self-host if I want to (even though I'm personally unlikely to). I can do this with Sandstorm but doesn't look like I can with Portal. Are there plans to make this possible?
[1] I work on a project with similar aims but takes a clean-slate approach, based on unikernels - http://amirchaudhry.com/brewing-miso-to-serve-nymote/ http://amirchaudhry.com/brewing-miso-to-serve-nymote/
- staunch 12y agoWe want people to use Portal because it's the best way to run their stuff, not because of any kind of lock in. Making it easy to move away from Portal will be a core feature. If there aren't good alternatives, we may make it possible to download and run the Portal system on your own machine. Making it easy to export data might be easy enough. Ultimately though, there's no way to have a server in the cloud without relying on someone, so we're trying to build the ideal service for people who want privacy, performance, security, and freedom. We hope other people will build similar services, so users have choice, and we will cooperate with anyone who has an open platform.