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Show HN: We tried to make Azure easier for developers

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Re: Show HN: We tried to make Azure easier for developers

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Post by skytrue »

Hey people,

We launched a preview of App Spaces (v2) today which is our attempt to make the Microsoft Azure portal much friendlier for developers who are new to Azure or new to cloud, and don't want to deal with all the cruft and intense complexity that Azure/AWS/GCP/etc provide. We know that there's so much more we can do to make these experiences better and this is our beginnings of getting there via something like App Spaces.

You can check out our site at https://www.appspaces.dev, or go directly to the experience (https://ms.portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft_Azure_PaasServer...).

If you want to learn more or provide feedback, you can reach out to me-- sk dot hartle at microsoft dotcom. We want to rapidly iterate on our initial design here and get to core value within the next half a year or so. We know we have a long way to go, which is why we're releasing it to the community to help us drive and shape our roadmap.

Re: Show HN: We tried to make Azure easier for developers

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Post by yodon »

skytrue wrote: post #2

Hey people, We launched a preview of App Spaces (v2) today which is our attempt to make the Microsoft Azure portal much friendlier for developers who are new to Azure or new to cloud, and don't want to deal with all the cruft and intense complexity that Azure/AWS/GCP/etc provide. We know that there's so much more we can do to make these experiences better and this is our beginnings of getting there via something like…

Definitely some auth issues on that page.

I have to log in with Azure credentials just to see the docs? That's a non-starter, even for a guy who usually has an Azure portal open.

There's also no way to know, without providing credentials, if clicking on the buttons and providing credentials on that page is going to deploy something or show me docs. Again, that's a non-starter. I'm not deploying something without knowing what I'm deploying or how to un-deploy it.

I want to be excited, but there's exactly nothing useful I can gather from this page in its current form. Zero ability to sort out whether this will help me or not.

Re: Show HN: We tried to make Azure easier for developers

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Post by nolongerthere »

skytrue wrote: post #2

Hey people, We launched a preview of App Spaces (v2) today which is our attempt to make the Microsoft Azure portal much friendlier for developers who are new to Azure or new to cloud, and don't want to deal with all the cruft and intense complexity that Azure/AWS/GCP/etc provide. We know that there's so much more we can do to make these experiences better and this is our beginnings of getting there via something like…

The FAQ section has an answer that flows off the page on my phone, and the text isn’t selectable for some reason, so I can’t even share the section I’m talking about.

Re: Show HN: We tried to make Azure easier for developers

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Post by nolongerthere »

russdpale wrote: post #5

What azure needs is a sanboxed, free dev environment that one can actually learn in. That's the biggest first hurdle, and generally one that just makes people say fuck it and go elsewhere.

Doesn’t everyone have a sandbox free tier, azure included?

Re: Show HN: We tried to make Azure easier for developers

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Post by russdpale »

nolongerthere wrote: post #7
russdpale wrote: post #5

What azure needs is a sanboxed, free dev environment that one can actually learn in. That's the biggest first hurdle, and generally one that just makes people say fuck it and go elsewhere.

Doesn’t everyone have a sandbox free tier, azure included?

not from what I can tell, but azure is so absurdly huge perhaps I am just missing it.
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