I gotta go with Gilles here. Can't expect people to figure out how to load a container! Gotta be a service.
The recent left pad debacle in Node.js offers sage lessons: http://left-pad.io/ "8 d'b o 8 o 8 8 8 8 8 .oPYo. o8P o8P .oPYo. .oPYo. .oPYo8 o8 .oPYo. 8 8oooo8 8 8 ooooo 8 8 .oooo8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 `Yooo' 8 8 8YooP' `YooP8 `YooP' 88 8 `YooP' ..:.....::..::::..:::::::8 ....::.....::.....:..::..:.....: :::::::::::::::::::::::::8 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::..:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Welcome to left-pad.io! ## History On March 22nd 2016, a terrible tragedy befell the Node.JS community. A popular microframework for robust string expansion, `left-pad`, was removed from npmjs.com <https://github.com/azer/left-pad/issues/4>. This resulted in broken deploys worldwide, a sudden and complete inability to appropriately zero-pad the fractional real cent value of many stock options, and untold billions of dollars in economic damage to the still nascent startup ecosystem of String Manipulation as a Service. ## A microservice saviour appears In order to prevent such a terrible tragedy from occurring ever again during our lifetimes, `left-pad.io` has been created to provide all the functionality of `left-pad` AND the overhead of a TLS handshake and an HTTP request. Less code is better code, leave the heavy lifting to `left-pad.io`, The String Expertsâ¢. ## How do I make use of left-pad.io? Simple! Just make a request to `https://api.left-pad.io`: ``` $ curl 'https://api.left-pad.io/?str=paddin%27%20oswalt&len=68&ch=@' {"str":"@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@paddin' oswalt"} ``` The query parameter names `str`, `len`, and `ch` match the argument names of our fallen comrade in left-stringist thought, `leftpad()`. May the Developer Happiness achieved forever commemorate its sacrifice. `left-pad.io` is 100% REST-compliant as defined by some guy on Hacker News with maximal opinions and minimal evidence. ## Are there any limits? Padding and the input string are limited to 1024 characters in the free version, because we have to monetize to have enough runway to launch `right-pad.io` in Q3 2017. ## Can I buy an enterprise license? Yes. Email r...@left-pad.io with your account and ABA routing numbers. ## Who? 2016 JavaScript Hero candidate @gabrielgironda <https://twitter.com/gabrielgironda>." On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 8:24 AM, Bob Beck <b...@openbsd.org> wrote: > Now now, we can be more hipster than that.. a docker image that runs > the man command for you after downloading > all the openbsd man pages as a dependency - you can just deploy it > automatically with vagrant and run it in AWS.. etc. > > After all, isn't there no simple command that can't be made better by > installing an os image someone else built to run? > > > > > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Ingo Schwarze <schwa...@usta.de> wrote: > > Hi Gilles, > > > > Gilles Chehade wrote on Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 03:34:02PM +0100: > > > >> maybe we could provide MaaS (man as a service, copyright eric@) > >> > >> if user issues `man` and the man page is not found locally, man > >> would transparently ssh to gu...@man.openbsd.org ? > > > > Hilarious on so many levels... :-D > > Ingo
