Show HN: FaaStRuby 0.2 released – feedback appreciated

[parruda]

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!

[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?

[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)

[chrisseaton]

What does the 't' stand for, though? I thought it was fast-ruby to start with https://github.com/JuanitoFatas/fast-ruby.

[parruda]

It is fast, but with 2 a's :P

https://faastruby.io

[bdcravens]

I assumed it was just put in there to be clever :-)

[bdcravens]

Looking at the website it almost looks like FaaS + Ruby

[realusername]

Same for me, I worked with Ruby as well and I don't get what the project is supposed to be about.

[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.

[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.

[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!