Hacker News: mwmanning

New comment by mwmanning in "Rest-client gem is hijacked"

mwmanning — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 14:41:30 +0000

Yeah I'm assuming the methodology is:

1) Find high-value target libraries

2) Grab the usernames of accounts with push access

3) Check those against password dumps

I feel really stupid about this, but like I said it was an oversight. I apologize and will try to do better.

New comment by mwmanning in "Rest-client gem is hijacked"

mwmanning — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 14:19:34 +0000

Hey since this is blown up I just want to address it directly.

I take responsibility for what happened here. My RubyGems.org account was using an insecure, reused password that has leaked to the internet in other breaches.

I made that account probably over 10 years ago, so it predated my use of password managers and I haven't used it much lately, so I didn't catch it in a 1password audit or anything.

Sometimes we miss things despite our best efforts.

Rotate your passwords, kids.

Dev → Test → Prod Parity with Docker

mwmanning — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 19:01:09 +0000

Article URL: https://convox.com/blog/dev-test-prod-parity/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12858155

Points: 2

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Why Docker? The Image API Is Everywhere

mwmanning — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:21:57 +0000

Article URL: https://convox.com/blog/why-docker/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12044535

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

How Convox Uses the Open Source Community to Tame AWS

mwmanning — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 14:41:06 +0000

Article URL: http://thenewstack.io/convox-open-source-communities/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11938315

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by mwmanning in "True Containerized Development with Convox Code Sync"

mwmanning — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 16:03:52 +0000

That repo could use a refresh. convox-exmples/rails is most pertinent here.

We're working on revamped examples for many popular languages now and expect to see them rolling out soon.

New comment by mwmanning in "True Containerized Development with Convox Code Sync"

mwmanning — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 15:09:56 +0000

Hi, Matt from Convox here. I'm happy to answer any questions you might have about this feature, Convox, or development workflows using Docker.

True Containerized Development with Convox Code Sync

mwmanning — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:18:56 +0000

Article URL: https://convox.com/blog/bidirectional-sync/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11915854

Points: 10

# Comments: 3

New comment by mwmanning in "Rack: Open-Source PaaS on AWS"

mwmanning — Mon, 09 May 2016 22:25:42 +0000

The base cost for a rack is about $85/mo. Convox is extremely cost effective for small businesses and up, but would be expensive for running a single, low-traffic hobby app.

New comment by mwmanning in "Rack: Open-Source PaaS on AWS"

mwmanning — Mon, 09 May 2016 20:43:15 +0000

We were in the Summer 2015 YC batch and we've taken some VC funding.

Our other main offering is a web console for managing your team's access to rack(s) and integrations with 3rd party services. https://console.convox.com We charge a subscription fee for that and we also sell support and services packages.

New comment by mwmanning in "Rack: Open-Source PaaS on AWS"

mwmanning — Mon, 09 May 2016 20:22:07 +0000

That's exactly the etymology. We were thinking about datacenters and servers. The original name was convox/kernel, but we thought it wasn't very descriptive.

The naming collision with the Ruby interface is unfortunate, but we figured it was pretty easy to tell them apart from context.

New comment by mwmanning in "Rack: Open-Source PaaS on AWS"

mwmanning — Mon, 09 May 2016 20:17:33 +0000

Hi, Matt from Convox here.

I'm happy to answer any questions you have about Rack or any of Convox's other offerings.

To join a discussion with our user community please join our Slack! https://invite.convox.com

New comment by mwmanning in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2016)"

mwmanning — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 21:22:42 +0000

Convox (YC S15) is hiring a Solutions Engineer.

Convox is an open-source, private PaaS that runs in your own AWS account. http://www.convox.com

You can read the full job description here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/g0o2dv9j7nsg8gi/ConvoxSolutionsEng...

StealthWorker Blog: From Heroku to AWS with Convox

mwmanning — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 18:49:12 +0000

Article URL: https://stealthworker.com/blog/from-heroku-to-aws-with-convox

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11112157

Points: 7

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Convox (YC S15) launches Grid service to automate code deployment

mwmanning — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 20:09:49 +0000

Article URL: http://venturebeat.com/2015/11/20/y-combinator-backed-convox-launches-grid-service-to-automate-code-deployment/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10623291

Points: 12

# Comments: 0

New comment by mwmanning in "Convox (YC S15) launches Grid service to automate code deployment"

mwmanning — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 20:45:19 +0000

The cedar image is admittedly pretty large. There's a lot of stuff in there.

Building a much more lightweight image for your node app shouldn't be too hard, though. Check out https://github.com/convox-examples/express for a simple example.

New comment by mwmanning in "Convox (YC S15) launches Grid service to automate code deployment"

mwmanning — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 21:30:17 +0000

Hey this is Matt from the Convox team. I'm happy to answer any questions about Grid (what it is, why we built it), Convox, or AWS/Docker in general.

Convox (YC S15) launches Grid service to automate code deployment

mwmanning — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:14:20 +0000

Article URL: http://venturebeat.com/2015/11/20/y-combinator-backed-convox-launches-grid-service-to-automate-code-deployment/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10603550

Points: 10

# Comments: 4

New comment by mwmanning in "Integration over Invention"

mwmanning — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 20:18:33 +0000

Hey, Convox cofounder Matt here. Great questions!

1) You can update your Convox rack and cli using the cli. `convox update && convox system update`. http://docs.convox.com/docs/updating-convox/

2) We're working on an RDS provisioning service today and hope to release something this weekend. We're also in early talks with other addon (we call them "services") providers. For now if you want to use one of these services you can connect to them using environment variables. http://docs.convox.com/docs/environment-variables/

3) Our RDS service will eventually handle backups and recovery, but those features aren't implemented yet. We're also exploring partnering with other hosted database services that already have these features.

4) Convox is open source https://github.com/convox and totally free. You can use it however you want and you only have to pay for the AWS expenses. We're also experimenting with managed hosting, which we'll charge a small premium for, so please let me know if you're interested in that.

Moving Opendoor's Data Science Stack from Heroku to Convox

mwmanning — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 00:30:25 +0000

Article URL: https://labs.opendoor.com/moving-opendoors-data-science-stack-from-heroku-to-convox/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10013906

Points: 7

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