This _sounds_ really neat, and I'm very curious about this!
If it helps, I wanted to give you my stream-of-consciousness as I explored your post and site as a _total_ newcomer. I am a bit confused about what it can dop, and I bet it's really easy to make me unconfused through some site tweaks, and you seem eager for feedback:
My thoughts:
"Woah, this sounds neat. I wonder how it is different from Modal...I wonder if I could build it with modal...I love the idea of making batch stuff easier from the command line...
<Now on homepage https://www.bsub.io/>
Cool - there is that pdf example again! What does "extracting" the pdf do I wonder? What is "-w"? I guess these are local pdf files. I remember the poster saying that it would upload the files, so that is cool...
But what is the output? Where is the output?
I presume I can add my own commands cause he said "command-line tools" but maybe he meant that he exposed canned tools on the command line?
What else can I do?
Oh look - Video, Audio, and LLM are all mentioned! I will click on those to see other examples.
<they aren't clickable>
<Clicking on "see docs">
Scrolling to find _any_ other examples of any other commands...
<Scrolling through rest of docs to try to understand, and failing>
"I bet if I installed it and ran it with --help, it would give me some more examples, but I'm not sure..."
Looks cool. Also looks like it's not self-hostable. Is that correct? For a tool like this I want to deploy it where I need it and (at least for me) a SaaS option is a deal breaker.
The only thing I've found similar to this as of late is AutoKitteh [0]. This looks like it is somewhat in the same competitive space, but with less features / flexibility. How would you say you compare and did it not fulfill the problem you originally had?
It's not self-hostable yet: I'm thinking about adding this option. I think for now I'm trying to see if people would like to give it a shot and try it out.
Because when I'm running infra just to manage scripts for me I want them in proximity to other apps or services I'm already running. There's very few SaaS that will offer a way to connect privately (e.g. Tailscale).
Ultimately I want this in my stack. Autokitteh let's me do it my way, so this is a deal breaker for me. I also don't want to get stuck in SaaS only to have it enshittififed in a few years.
Thanks! Perhaps you can test new upcoming workers. There'll be more tools for document processing and rendering, with some examples of what can be done with them.
This _sounds_ really neat, and I'm very curious about this!
If it helps, I wanted to give you my stream-of-consciousness as I explored your post and site as a _total_ newcomer. I am a bit confused about what it can dop, and I bet it's really easy to make me unconfused through some site tweaks, and you seem eager for feedback:
My thoughts:
"Woah, this sounds neat. I wonder how it is different from Modal...I wonder if I could build it with modal...I love the idea of making batch stuff easier from the command line... <Now on homepage https://www.bsub.io/> Cool - there is that pdf example again! What does "extracting" the pdf do I wonder? What is "-w"? I guess these are local pdf files. I remember the poster saying that it would upload the files, so that is cool... But what is the output? Where is the output? I presume I can add my own commands cause he said "command-line tools" but maybe he meant that he exposed canned tools on the command line? What else can I do? Oh look - Video, Audio, and LLM are all mentioned! I will click on those to see other examples. <they aren't clickable> <Clicking on "see docs"> Scrolling to find _any_ other examples of any other commands... <Scrolling through rest of docs to try to understand, and failing>
"I bet if I installed it and ran it with --help, it would give me some more examples, but I'm not sure..."
This is a great feedback! You can play with it some more if you Login. I have put a playground for users who'd like to try it out without installing.
But it's a good point--perhaps I need to add more examples to the page so that you can see right away what it's all about.
Looks cool. Also looks like it's not self-hostable. Is that correct? For a tool like this I want to deploy it where I need it and (at least for me) a SaaS option is a deal breaker.
The only thing I've found similar to this as of late is AutoKitteh [0]. This looks like it is somewhat in the same competitive space, but with less features / flexibility. How would you say you compare and did it not fulfill the problem you originally had?
[0] https://autokitteh.com/
It's not self-hostable yet: I'm thinking about adding this option. I think for now I'm trying to see if people would like to give it a shot and try it out.
Why do you think it's a deal breaker for you?
Because when I'm running infra just to manage scripts for me I want them in proximity to other apps or services I'm already running. There's very few SaaS that will offer a way to connect privately (e.g. Tailscale).
Ultimately I want this in my stack. Autokitteh let's me do it my way, so this is a deal breaker for me. I also don't want to get stuck in SaaS only to have it enshittififed in a few years.
Sounds good. bsub.io will offer a way to be self-hosted 100% offline too. Just not now. That will require some work.
Great idea! Congrats on shipping! It'll be weeks at least before I have time to play w it, but bookmarked and wishing you luck.
Thanks! Perhaps you can test new upcoming workers. There'll be more tools for document processing and rendering, with some examples of what can be done with them.
Love the idea! I will try it!
Thanks! Any feedback is appreciated!