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Re:Creating an open-source solution to the headaches of head... by sawyerjhood on Monday November 25, 2019 @07:34PM (#21634497)
When I worked for a large tech company I spent a few months building a similar service for internal use. I can confirm, managing all of those instances and making it reliable can be a huge headache. I really wish using browserless was an option for us
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Re:Creating an open-source solution to the headaches of head... by highace on Monday November 25, 2019 @07:53PM (#21634658)
It's probably those same engineers that use Dropbox instead of getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem.
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Re:Creating an open-source solution to the headaches of head... by sdan on Monday November 25, 2019 @09:27PM (#21635149)
Quality comment
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Re:Creating an open-source solution to the headaches of head... by totaldex on Monday November 25, 2019 @08:36PM (#21634901)
The headache doesn't come from building out this 'simple' bare bones solution. It comes from making it play well with the larger ecosystem you're integrating it with, and committing to supporting it for other engineers. All of a sudden, your job description starts to change and you're working well out of your scope.

These managed solutions can provide value for large companies, especially ones that fall into a DIY trap.

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Re:Creating an open-source solution to the headaches of head... by harrisonjackson on Monday November 25, 2019 @08:32PM (#21634884)
You should totally rewrite this and open it under a license you like and post back here. Make sure it has a 1-click deploy to multi-cloud though - needs to be easy for anyone to launch it wherever they might be working.
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Re:Creating an open-source solution to the headaches of head... by lallysingh on Monday November 25, 2019 @08:20PM (#21634828)
They probably write stuff that they can't buy. Engineers cost money.
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Re:Creating an open-source solution to the headaches of head... by tomlockwood on Monday November 25, 2019 @08:31PM (#21634880)
> what do engineers even do these days?

Solve problems with computers.

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