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Show HN: deploying a website just to transfer a file

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Post by lionello »

Hi HN!

My name is Lio. I'm the author of the article and CTO of Defang: a CLI tool to deploy Docker Compose projects to the cloud(s).

This story on how I deployed a website just to transfer a file got many chuckles in my friend circle and it was suggested I blog about it, so here it is.

Yes, it's ridiculous, but it got the job done, and hopefully you'll enjoy the story, and perhaps the tool, too.

AMA

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Re: Show HN: deploying a website just to transfer a file

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Post by pvg »

lionello wrote: post #2

Author here. Happy to answer any questions.

Blog posts can't be Show HN's, which is for things that can be tried, take a look at https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html. You could post this without the Show HN or post a Show HN that's about your project.

Re: Show HN: deploying a website just to transfer a file

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Post by lionello »

pvg wrote: post #3
lionello wrote: post #2

Author here. Happy to answer any questions.

Blog posts can't be Show HN's, which is for things that can be tried, take a look at https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html . You could post this without the Show HN or post a Show HN that's about your project.

Hm, yeah I see. Since it can be tried, I thought it'd be a good fit.

I'll remove the Show HN.

Re: Show HN: deploying a website just to transfer a file

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Post by lionello »

pvg wrote: post #3
lionello wrote: post #2

Author here. Happy to answer any questions.

Blog posts can't be Show HN's, which is for things that can be tried, take a look at https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html . You could post this without the Show HN or post a Show HN that's about your project.

Looks like I can no longer edit the title.

Re: Show HN: deploying a website just to transfer a file

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Post by beorno »

I've been using Defang to deploy a sync server, and I'm loving it! I guess I'm partial to the simplicity of compose files. The cloud APIs are just way too bloated for the typical usage case of deploying a few services. Defang feels like what Docker Swarm/Cloud should have been.

Re: Show HN: deploying a website just to transfer a file

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Post by lionello »

pvg wrote: post #3
lionello wrote: post #2

Author here. Happy to answer any questions.

Blog posts can't be Show HN's, which is for things that can be tried, take a look at https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html . You could post this without the Show HN or post a Show HN that's about your project.

I edited the post instead to share the code right at the start. Hope that's better.

Re: Show HN: deploying a website just to transfer a file

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Post by rdevery »

I often use docker or bubblewrap as a sandbox for untrusted files on my own machine, but spinning up an ephemeral server/broker to deal with an untrusted machine is next-level!

Makes me want to set up a burner GitHub account for this kind of thing. Just pull a tar, follow some prompts and let it rip.

I might actually find this useful some time. Thanks lionello

Re: Show HN: deploying a website just to transfer a file

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Post by lionello »

beorno wrote: post #7

I've been using Defang to deploy a sync server, and I'm loving it! I guess I'm partial to the simplicity of compose files. The cloud APIs are just way too bloated for the typical usage case of deploying a few services. Defang feels like what Docker Swarm/Cloud should have been.

Yeah compose is awesome. Makes sense to use it for local development and deployments.
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