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Real Terminal, All Chrome

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Re: Real Terminal, All Chrome

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Post by Karunamon »

charlesju wrote: post #24
onethumb wrote: post #20

Does anyone know what Koding.com actually does? I watched both videos, read the "NOW PUBLIC" blog post, and I feel like it might be awesome - but I don't know. Is there a page that details what the product actually is? Kinda feel dumb for even asking, but I can't seem to find out?

They are providing an easy way to create a sandbox to code or learn to code. A simple use case would be if you were to teach a class on coding that required a Linux environment to compile C, but the students brought their own laptops, you could A. Struggle with all the possible laptop configurations and how to install VMs and/or the proper packages on those computers or B Use koding.com and have everyone do their pro…

Indeed, this fits my use case to an absolute tee right now. I'm trying to pick up Rails, and doing anything related under a Windows environment is downright painful, and I'd rather not dualboot just to get into "work mode".

A free VM I can access with any browser? Awesome.

Re: Real Terminal, All Chrome

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Post by fomojola »

ufmace wrote: post #42
pandemicsyn wrote: post #36

So is http://koding.com a http://nitrous.io competitor? Can't really tell at the moment since all the main page says right now is: A new way for developers to work. Software development has finally evolved. It's now social, in the browser and free. And then throws an error about not being able to connect to the backend. [edit] Hope it is since nitrous.io seems a bit expensive.

I've been using nitrous.io for a month or so. It looks like this is the same thing, except without the browser-based text editor, which I kinda like since I haven't gotten really used to working in any of the terminal text editors yet. It's not clear if they support real ssh access or sftp either. I'm not sure how nitrous is expensive. I can't find any ways to give them money right now at all, or even any proposed fu…

I think you're looking for this: https://www.nitrous.io/pricing

Re: Real Terminal, All Chrome

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Post by WRNZ »

Gnewt wrote: post #54

I am so, so tired of all this Koding spam. I've seen spam from multiple accounts (one of which was fka, who now admits to being a dev) on both HN and Reddit.

We are pretty open about who is staff and who is not. if you don't like what we are doing thats your prerogative. Simple fact is we offer you a dev environment with root on your dev VM for free. All setup and ready to go in seconds. No one else is doing this, so call it spam if you like but the number of users signing up daily and enjoying the service disagree with you (oh and yes I am staff).

Re: Real Terminal, All Chrome

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Post by WRNZ »

ufmace wrote: post #42
pandemicsyn wrote: post #36

So is http://koding.com a http://nitrous.io competitor? Can't really tell at the moment since all the main page says right now is: A new way for developers to work. Software development has finally evolved. It's now social, in the browser and free. And then throws an error about not being able to connect to the backend. [edit] Hope it is since nitrous.io seems a bit expensive.

I've been using nitrous.io for a month or so. It looks like this is the same thing, except without the browser-based text editor, which I kinda like since I haven't gotten really used to working in any of the terminal text editors yet. It's not clear if they support real ssh access or sftp either. I'm not sure how nitrous is expensive. I can't find any ways to give them money right now at all, or even any proposed fu…

Yes we support SSH and SCP. Yes we also have browser based editor. Just need to go to the main site. We also give root etc. As long as your using the VM it will not shut off - however it will shutdown 15 mins after you logout.

Re: Real Terminal, All Chrome

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Post by teh_klev »

WRNZ wrote: post #56
Gnewt wrote: post #54

I am so, so tired of all this Koding spam. I've seen spam from multiple accounts (one of which was fka, who now admits to being a dev) on both HN and Reddit.

We are pretty open about who is staff and who is not. if you don't like what we are doing thats your prerogative. Simple fact is we offer you a dev environment with root on your dev VM for free. All setup and ready to go in seconds. No one else is doing this, so call it spam if you like but the number of users signing up daily and enjoying the service disagree with you (oh and yes I am staff).

Word of advice, add something to your profile that clarifies who you are.

Re: Real Terminal, All Chrome

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Post by WRNZ »

teh_klev wrote: post #58
WRNZ wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are pretty open about who is staff and who is not. if you don't like what we are doing thats your prerogative. Simple fact is we offer you a dev environment with root on your dev VM for free. All setup and ready to go in seconds. No one else is doing this, so call it spam if you like but the number of users signing up daily and enjoying the service disagree with you (oh and yes I am staff).

Word of advice, add something to your profile that clarifies who you are.

Done - will ask the others to do the same :)

Re: Real Terminal, All Chrome

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Post by WRNZ »

josephg wrote: post #43
WRNZ wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whats so bad about passwords over SSL ?

The intermediate, untrusted computer (in this case koding.com's VM) can read my password.

This isn't really the intended use case, sshing from your Koding VM to other servers. However the VM we give you is yours - you have root and full control over it, if there is something on there to capture your passwords then you put it there :) (We are not the NSA)
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