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Re:Three Months to Scale NewsBlur by tmzt on Monday March 18, 2013 @12:28AM (#5392452)
Seems like there's a need for a cloud infrastructure/language independent packaging format, to build a "github of installable applications"

Maybe container images that can also be used as bootable images?

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Re:Three Months to Scale NewsBlur by ryen on Monday March 18, 2013 @12:44AM (#5392510)
> Seems like there's a need for a cloud infrastructure/language independent packaging format, to build a "github of installable applications"

I think Chef and Puppet try to fill that role, somewhat

Edit: actually, this recent HN discussion looks promising https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5392041

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Re:Three Months to Scale NewsBlur by jzelinskie on Monday March 18, 2013 @12:53AM (#5392540)
Something like JuJu?
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