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25 points by parruda ↗ HN
Hey all,

I just put out a new release. Would you spare a couple minutes to try and give some feedback?

If you already have the gem installed, you will have to update it: gem update faastruby

Tutorial => https://faastruby.io/tutorial.html

Top 3 Highlights

- No more fiddling with git. - Functions are packaged, deployed and managed individually. - TESTS! Functions can have tests and they can be configured to run before each deploy, aborting if it fails.

Thanks in advance!

15 comments

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chrisseaton
...but what on earth is it?

The post says nothing about what it is.

The linked page says nothing about what it is.

I work full time in the Ruby ecosystem and I have no idea what your project is.

How can people forget to say what their project is at all?

Twirrim
It's a remarkably common problem. So many open source projects fail to put the elevator pitch in their README.md or landing page for their site. You're apparently supposed to just guess?
realusername
Same for me, I worked with Ruby as well and I don't get what the project is supposed to be about.
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ksec
>How can people forget to say what their project is at all?

Exactly, we barely have time to read what's new, let alone spending time digging into what this "new" thing is suppose to be.

bdcravens
Sounds like I'm in the minority that saw the name and assumed right away it was FaaS (Functions as a Service) for Ruby? (Though to be sure, a project will live or die based on the quality of the documentation)
[dead] ellie42
A short description about the purpose of the gem would be appreciated. Couldn’t find it neither on the website, nor in this post.
fpanettieri
Is this some kind of serverless host for ruby?

I agree you need a single line that express what this is. "Zeit Now, but for ruby / rails!" or something like that

parruda
Yes, this is a serverless platform for Ruby. I will work on that pitch!
schappim
For those wondering what this is, it’s Ruby Functions as a service. Setup is Heroku-esque in ease of setup. This is a great service!
parruda
Sorry guys, my bad!

FaaStRuby is a fast, lightweight and scalable serverless platform built for Ruby developers.

I will add that to the tutorial page as well.