| ▲ | jimaek 2 days ago |
| Off topic but I wonder when Cloudflare is going to launch their own Docker registry as a product. |
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| ▲ | ImJasonH 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| It's pretty easy to write your own. I made this one a while ago: https://github.com/chainguard-dev/crow-registry |
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| ▲ | ai_slop_hater 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| https://github.com/cloudflare/serverless-registry |
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| ▲ | jimaek 2 days ago | parent [-] | | I've seen it but it's buggy and lacking in features. Feels like an afterthought instead of a real product |
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| ▲ | wqtz 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Well, Cloudflare does not launch anything. They acquire to build products. Look into all their recent product launches. They acquired a relatively small company and converted the founding team to a product team. So, if you want them to build stuff, ask yourself, are there any "Docker Registry" startups out there. If jsdelivr/globalping is not keeping you busy enough... there is an idea |
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| ▲ | a_t48 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Yes, actually, there are. I've built https://clipper.dev. I'm somewhat focused on robotics/edge device use cases right now (handling large images in bandwidth constrained environments), but my storage costs are also 1/7th of DockerHub. It also enables device to device content sharing much easier than base Docker, will be much easier to do antivirus/vuln scans, some other side benefits. If there's something you'd want out of a registry that you think the market would want, I'm all ears. | |
| ▲ | jimaek 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Honestly I would build it if I knew how to properly market it to quickly get users. Globalping and jsDelivr took years to gain a meaningful user base | | |
| ▲ | wqtz 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | I do not think that is the issue. The recent acquisitions from all these big tech companies did not have any "meaningful" user base to begin with. I think your name alone carries significant weight in the industry and you have built a very large community. If you even vibe code something with, you will get a stupid amount of money thrown at you and a contract that bounds your existing projects and the next 3-5 years to a particular company as project lead. Here is a list of acquisitions Cloudflare made recently: https://blog.cloudflare.com/tag/acquisitions/ Most of these companies did not have a half dozen paying customer or even a fully fleshed-out product before they were acquired. | | |
| ▲ | jimaek 2 days ago | parent [-] | | I wish I had as much faith in myself as you have in me :) |
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| ▲ | a_t48 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | What would you build that would make it different/better than the existing registries out there? |
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| ▲ | vaylian 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| What would the business case be? |
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| ▲ | jimaek 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Capture developers and funnel them to the Workers platform |
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