Getting started with our beta platform • Hacker News Board

Re: Getting started with our beta platform

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Post by ewuhic » Wed, Nov 17, 2021, 4:14 PM UTC

sneak wrote: post #7

petepete wrote: post #3

With one hand they give us nice new tools, with the other they're pulling Fedora support. I'm not very enthusiastic about writing any more integrations or apps.

Patch out the phone-home spyware and run Mattermost on a machine you control.

There is no viable automation or integration on Mattermost whatsoever.

Re: Getting started with our beta platform

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Post by merricksb » Wed, Nov 17, 2021, 4:17 PM UTC

Related earlier discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29244968

Re: Getting started with our beta platform

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Post by Shadonototra » Wed, Nov 17, 2021, 4:28 PM UTC

> Deno is currently a pre-requisite for using the CLI — if you do not have Deno installed, please do so first.

I'm sorry but that's not what CLI are supposed to be, they should be self-contained with the least amount of dependencies possible and the smallest possible, otherwise it completely defeats the purpose

Re: Getting started with our beta platform

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Post by 40four » Wed, Nov 17, 2021, 5:14 PM UTC

colinmcd wrote: post #6

This is the strongest validation signal I've seen for Deno in some time. I had the impression it was withering on the vine, but hopefully this puts some wind in its sails.

On a quick glance, this really caught my eye too. Interesting they chose to go that route. I’ve only been loosely following deno, but this has to be one of the first large companies I’ve seen to use it.

Re: Getting started with our beta platform

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Post by 40four » Wed, Nov 17, 2021, 5:27 PM UTC

nikivi wrote: post #2

I wonder why using CLI requires you downloading Deno. Can't Deno compile to static binary? https://www.infoq.com/news/2021/02/deno-compiles-native-bina...

The CLI generates a project scaffolding for you, which is a Deno project. So I’m not sure the issue is the CLI itself, but the apps you will be building are Deno based.

Re: Getting started with our beta platform

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Post by 40four » Wed, Nov 17, 2021, 5:34 PM UTC

Shadonototra wrote: post #13

> Deno is currently a pre-requisite for using the CLI — if you do not have Deno installed, please do so first. I'm sorry but that's not what CLI are supposed to be, they should be self-contained with the least amount of dependencies possible and the smallest possible, otherwise it completely defeats the purpose

The CLI itself is self contained binary, and it generates a project scaffold for you which is a Deno project. So you will be developing on Deno, without it obviously you’re not going to be able to do anything.