Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others

Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by amasad on Monday October 22, 2018 @06:22PM (#18279085)

We think repl.it is the C64 of the cloud era:

>Cloud-computing is one of the most significant paradigm shifts in our industry, yet it remains commandable only by relatively few professionals. It's similar to when, prior to microcomputers, only big corporations and universities had mainframes. We want Repl.it to be the microcomputer to the cloud's mainframe.

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Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by ryandrake on Monday October 22, 2018 @06:49PM (#18279271)

I like the goal but find it weird that getting back to the great usability of a system over 30 years old now requires a cloud service and round trips to a server. Why can’t I buy a boot ROM for a PC that drops me to a python prompt after a sub-1-second boot up?

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Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by Blackthorn on Monday October 22, 2018 @07:25PM (#18279479)

I mean, you can. The reason things are hard is because of external libraries (dependencies) that you might dynamically download and start using. If you don't have that restriction, things get vastly simpler.

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Re:Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others by amasad on Monday October 22, 2018 @07:01PM (#18279333)

That should exist too. Right now doing it in the cloud allows instant sharing and hosting but I hope we can get to a point where we can build something like what you suggest.

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