[gnepzhao]

Hey all, founder is here. I'd like to thank you for your votes here. Really appreciate!

Also, I just want to share our public roadmap: https://trello.com/b/7fEwaPRd/roadmap. Feel free to comment. It actually helps a lot for us to prioritize. Thanks!

[joecot]

Where is Hyper.sh (specifically its containers) actually hosted?

As I explained in my other comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12892243 it really feels like Hyper.sh is hosted on Amazon, and there were references to that fact before, and you guys are trying to minimize that in your site now.

If you're on Amazon, that's OK. I don't think that minimizes how cool this technology is and how much easier it makes things. Amazon has an Elastic Container Service, but this is more nuanced than ECS is, and much more painless. But if the containers aren't on Amazon, a little more detail on how that works would be awesome, because right now it really feels like they're on Amazon. Which is fine, but when folks are making decisions (like putting their stuff on multiple platforms for reliability), it's important to know.

Edit: I signed up and looked around. It appears they're hosting on ZenLayer, a Chinese hosting company that has hosting in LA as one of their options. Not sure why they stick so closely with AWS on terminology though.

[seeekr]

RE: "Not sure why they stick so closely with AWS on terminology though"

Makes sense from a user familiarity perspective -- AWS is what most cloud users are familiar with, and describing things in terms that are most likely to be understood is generally good practice.

I'd agree that it would make sense though if their site clarified who owns and runs the datacenter their running their service out of, if only for answering the question if they're hosting on top of AWS or not.

[initdaemon]

LA according to their website.

[nodesocket]

Have you thought about allowing users to provide their own cloud provider (AWS or Google Cloud) API access? That way we can use own own VPC and servers, and you can just charge us monthly for the software. See MongoDB Atlas [1].

This also means you as Hyper.sh don't have to worry about servers, uptime, buying hardware, power, bandwidth peering, what a headache. Let AWS and Google worry about the commodity physical hardware.

[1] https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas/

[notjack]

Fun fact: this is basically what Tutum did before they were acquired by Docker and became Docker Cloud

[jdc0589]

> serverless cron.

damn, thank you. Anywhere I can see implementation details? Are you rolling your own system from the ground up, or using something like dkron (http://dkron.io/) behind the scenes?

[Vekz]

if you're interested in serverless cron you can use AWS lambda for the same experience

[mrmrcoleman]

Hey jdc0589,

We have the first version of hyper cron ready for internal demo and would love to get your feedback.

If you're interested in being involved, please email us on [e-mail] and we'll show you what we have so far.

[fredliu]

Another "serverless cron" option from aws is their Data Pipeline service. It is intended for data processing as its name implies but does fits the bill for lots use cases as a generic "serverless cron". Note that Lambda has executing time limit that's pretty short, while data pipeline can be configured to have much longer timeout.

[gnepzhao]

We are going to release it very soon. Stay tuned :)

[saasthrowaway3]

Is serverless cron something you´d pay money for?

[mrmrcoleman]

More details coming up ASAP.

[michaelsbradley]

Is it possible to easily run a local Hyper backend on, say, my mac laptop?

I'd like to learn and experiment, but without "running the meter" and without sending my bits off of my laptop, for the time being.

If I find Hyper appealing, I'll certainly be willing to pay to deploy/move projects to your service!

[fermuch]

It's almost the same as using docker locally.

[mikesun]

Philosophically, does the hyper.sh approach reflect Exokernel's vision? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exokernel

[gnepzhao]

I would say Unikernel is more close to that.

[mahmoudimus]

Hey gnepzhao, great work! I had a question on your quota/metering. How can I get in touch?

[gnepzhao]

Sure, join our slack channel https://slack.hyper.sh/, and DM me there @gnepzhao. See you around!

[lionc]

Are there any plans to offer hosting in germany or at least europe? We love the service you offer, but privacy laws here make it hard to use it when it is only hosted in the US

[gnepzhao]

Yes, we are looking to expand to Europe, probably Frankfurt or Amsterdam.

I'd like to keep in touch. Could you drop a message to peng at hyper.sh? Thanks.

[icefox]

Any more details about the Hyper Func?

[gnepzhao]

Think a Docker-based, language-agnostic, unlimited version of "AWS Lambda". That's it!