deploying a website just to transfer a file
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
In plain words
Defang is a CLI tool that deploys Docker Compose projects to cloud environments. Created by Lio, the tool enables developers to take containerized applications and move them to the cloud without extensive configuration. The product emerged from a practical use case where the creator deployed a full website infrastructure simply to transfer a file, demonstrating an unconventional but functional approach to solving deployment problems.
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I wasn't quite sure if this qualified as "Show HN" given you can't really download it and try it out. However, dang said[0]: > If it's hardware or something that's not so easy to try out over the internet, find a different way to show how it actually works—a video, for example, or a detailed post with photos. Hopefully I did that? Additionally, I've put code and a detailed guide for the netboot computer management setup on GitHub: https://github.com/kentonv/lanparty Anyway, if this shouldn't have been Show HN, I apologize! [0]…
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