The "this changes everything" thing has become way, way, overplayed. I saw that and immediately rolled my eyes and stopped reading. It is about at the level of "code ninja" now.
Maybe this is a stupid question, but how do you pronounce HashiCorp? Is it "HAA-she" (rhymes with Kashi, like the cereal) or is it "HASH-i" (rhymes with "flashy")? I'm guessing it's the former since it'd match the Japanese pronunciation of your last name...?
Congratulations Mitchell! I have always admired your work and it is inspiring to see an such an evolution in your project. Kudos to whoever designed the site, it looks amazing!
First of all: congrats! I have been using Vagrant for a while now and it's how we manage the development and test environments (+200) in the company I work at (tuenti.com).
It is still not clear to me what the business model will be: will you be charging for selling extra providers (like VMWare Fusion), support contracts or ...?
Use a backpacker for the mascot. It matches what the product does better. Homeless people dont have much stuff. Backpackers have and take their stuff everywhere. Which is the spirit of what you are doing. Have your stuff avaiable everywhere. So, a backpacker.
I'm having trouble understanding your recommendation. Vagrants take ALL of their belongings with them, they have little where else to store any items they. Backpackers couldn't possibly take everything they own with them or they would by definition be Vagrants.
I think having a Vagrant as the mascot for Vagrant is the only obvious option.
@mitchellh
Congratulations first!
As I've been reading your tweets I've been guessing that you would starting, which focuses you on Vagrant.
I have a few questions:
When did you think about the first time and when did you really decide to do this step?
How do you start? Bootstrap it by your own or try to go with for a VC?
How are you planning the addon open source/paid addon ratio will be like?
I wish you all the best for your company.
And because I've been using Vagrant every day: Thank you very much.
> When did you think about the first time and when did you really decide to do this step?
The inkling of a possibility of something like this only entered my head around March/April 2012. I committed to the idea in June 2012.
> How do you start? Bootstrap it by your own or try to go with for a VC?
I'm attempting to bootstrap it on my own for now, because I think I have a solid foundation so there is a clear line to revenue. Of course, my runway to do this is much shorter than if I had VC funding. On the other hand, I have a lot more freedom without VC funding.
> How are you planning the addon open source/paid addon ratio will be like?
There will be many more open source add-ons, and I think it should be this way.
The project won't be renamed, but it will be rebranded in the next few weeks. In the three years the project has existed I have only gotten two or three complaints about the mascot, but everyone has agreed that "Vagrant" itself is fine. Note that I've talked up to some pretty high levels of US government using Vagrant, and most are okay with it. One [fairly large/visible] organization within the US government has said they can't use it until the mascot is changed.
If you frequently use VMs I suggest you checkout the example on their front page - it's super fast and I've found Vagrant to make a HUGE impact on my productivity and ability to use VMs for their intended purpose.
Any plans for helping unit test vm creation? One of the biggest problems I've had is trying to verify that my Chef installation works after each change
[+] [-] mitchellh|13 years ago|reply
Fun fact, I first "launched" Vagrant on HN almost exactly 1000 days ago: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1175901
[+] [-] blhack|13 years ago|reply
A bit of constructive criticism:
The "this changes everything" thing has become way, way, overplayed. I saw that and immediately rolled my eyes and stopped reading. It is about at the level of "code ninja" now.
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I suppose my only question is if you plan on redesigning the Vagrant Docs website to be more like your attractive company landing page.
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It is still not clear to me what the business model will be: will you be charging for selling extra providers (like VMWare Fusion), support contracts or ...?
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[+] [-] dekz|13 years ago|reply
I think having a Vagrant as the mascot for Vagrant is the only obvious option.
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[+] [-] lixef|13 years ago|reply
I have a few questions: When did you think about the first time and when did you really decide to do this step? How do you start? Bootstrap it by your own or try to go with for a VC? How are you planning the addon open source/paid addon ratio will be like?
I wish you all the best for your company. And because I've been using Vagrant every day: Thank you very much.
[+] [-] mitchellh|13 years ago|reply
The inkling of a possibility of something like this only entered my head around March/April 2012. I committed to the idea in June 2012.
> How do you start? Bootstrap it by your own or try to go with for a VC?
I'm attempting to bootstrap it on my own for now, because I think I have a solid foundation so there is a clear line to revenue. Of course, my runway to do this is much shorter than if I had VC funding. On the other hand, I have a lot more freedom without VC funding.
> How are you planning the addon open source/paid addon ratio will be like?
There will be many more open source add-ons, and I think it should be this way.
Thank YOU for using Vagrant. :)
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[+] [-] mitchellh|13 years ago|reply
Vince the Vagrant is being retired.
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[+] [-] Hupo|13 years ago|reply
Also, the website looks absolutely gorgeous. Fantastic work there.
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Virtualbox has been the main provider it manages. Part of this announcement includes adding support for more providers!
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Surely you can't trademark a cube?
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