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Re: Glot.io – An open source multi-lang pastebin with runnable snippets and API

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Post by 52-6F-62 »

Cool. This is quite usable and seems really handy—it's really fast compared to some heavier online repls. (definitely a use case for me)

How is it set up? I was definitely able to crash an instance I was in as well as read from root, but seemed all it took was a reload of the page and it snapped right back in without any real startup wait.

*edit: I just saw that you posted the source code as well. I'll definitely be exploring!

Re: Glot.io – An open source multi-lang pastebin with runnable snippets and API

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Post by dijit »

52-6F-62 wrote: post #2

Cool. This is quite usable and seems really handy—it's really fast compared to some heavier online repls. (definitely a use case for me) How is it set up? I was definitely able to crash an instance I was in as well as read from root, but seemed all it took was a reload of the page and it snapped right back in without any real startup wait. *edit: I just saw that you posted the source code as well. I'll definitely be…

Seems like he spins up a container on each run, so 'root' is not really 'root'. I'd be worried though, containers are not secure enough to run untrusted code.

Re: Glot.io – An open source multi-lang pastebin with runnable snippets and API

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Post by maxmcd »

dijit wrote: post #3
52-6F-62 wrote: post #2

Cool. This is quite usable and seems really handy—it's really fast compared to some heavier online repls. (definitely a use case for me) How is it set up? I was definitely able to crash an instance I was in as well as read from root, but seemed all it took was a reload of the page and it snapped right back in without any real startup wait. *edit: I just saw that you posted the source code as well. I'll definitely be…

Seems like he spins up a container on each run, so 'root' is not really 'root'. I'd be worried though, containers are not secure enough to run untrusted code.

yeah this setup seems to indicate it's just running regular docker: https://github.com/prasmussen/glot-run/blob/master/docker_se...

Re: Glot.io – An open source multi-lang pastebin with runnable snippets and API

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Post by pdexter »

52-6F-62 wrote: post #2

Cool. This is quite usable and seems really handy—it's really fast compared to some heavier online repls. (definitely a use case for me) How is it set up? I was definitely able to crash an instance I was in as well as read from root, but seemed all it took was a reload of the page and it snapped right back in without any real startup wait. *edit: I just saw that you posted the source code as well. I'll definitely be…

It doesn't offer a repl as far as I've seen.

Re: Glot.io – An open source multi-lang pastebin with runnable snippets and API

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Post by 52-6F-62 »

pdexter wrote: post #5
52-6F-62 wrote: post #2

Cool. This is quite usable and seems really handy—it's really fast compared to some heavier online repls. (definitely a use case for me) How is it set up? I was definitely able to crash an instance I was in as well as read from root, but seemed all it took was a reload of the page and it snapped right back in without any real startup wait. *edit: I just saw that you posted the source code as well. I'll definitely be…

It doesn't offer a repl as far as I've seen.

You're right. Fudged terminology. It does read-eval-print, but not in an interactive loop.

Re: Glot.io – An open source multi-lang pastebin with runnable snippets and API

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Post by mttjj »

dabei wrote: post #7

This seems not cheap to operate. What is the business model?

I have an ad-blocker (and a network ad-blocker via the corporate network I'm connected to right now) but when I click on any one of the languages I can see a box labeled "ads via Carbon" to the right of the stdin box. So my guess would be that it's ad-supported for now.

Re: Glot.io – An open source multi-lang pastebin with runnable snippets and API

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Post by mosselman »

mttjj wrote: post #8
dabei wrote: post #7

This seems not cheap to operate. What is the business model?

I have an ad-blocker (and a network ad-blocker via the corporate network I'm connected to right now) but when I click on any one of the languages I can see a box labeled "ads via Carbon" to the right of the stdin box. So my guess would be that it's ad-supported for now.

You'd think that all people interested in something like this have an ad-blocker. I wonder what the revenue is like.

Re: Glot.io – An open source multi-lang pastebin with runnable snippets and API

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Post by mrmonkeyman »

dijit wrote: post #3
52-6F-62 wrote: post #2

Cool. This is quite usable and seems really handy—it's really fast compared to some heavier online repls. (definitely a use case for me) How is it set up? I was definitely able to crash an instance I was in as well as read from root, but seemed all it took was a reload of the page and it snapped right back in without any real startup wait. *edit: I just saw that you posted the source code as well. I'll definitely be…

Seems like he spins up a container on each run, so 'root' is not really 'root'. I'd be worried though, containers are not secure enough to run untrusted code.

Your code breaks out of container to do what, exactly?

I'm seriously curious what the worst case is here.

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