I definitely like playing up the mob-boss angle. CB fits a nice little niche within Erlang as the framework that does just about everything. Some folks don't like that, and others do, but that's okay - it means CB is opinionated software.
CB may not be rails, but then again, Erlang isn't exactly Ruby, either, so I wouldn't sweat the smaller community. Development is continuous and Dmitry does a good job keeping things moving. the more folks who use a framework in their day job, the better, since that indirectly lends it commercial support. -Jesse On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Tim McNamara <[email protected]> wrote: > I would say that we should follow Evan's vision in 2 ways: > > 1) be loud about the fact that apps built with Boss will be extremely cheap > to run and reliable, his goal was to change the economics of building > applications so that we could decentralize the Internet > > 2) play up the mob boss/Chicago political corruption element in CB's > documentation and imagery. It gives a sense of personality to the framework. > (There are references to Chicago's mayor in the PDF tour, plus quite a few > fun things, such as the old knuckleduster logo (I make this point because > it seems that a few people have missed this)) > > > On Thu, 18 Feb 2016, 09:22 rlander <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Cool! Lots of people still using it, then. >> >> Yup, I agree with Tim, we should focus on community building. Maybe setup >> a Gitter/Slack channel? >> >> Dmitry, I should've made it clearer in my original post: I was already a >> CB user (I used CB for a few projects between 2009 and 2013) but in my mind >> CB had become irrelevant with the emergence of new frameworks. I was >> obviously mistaken. >> >> So, it appears that right now CB is in a no man's land: Elixir users will >> use Phoenix for their web app needs and Erlang users stay away because of >> pmods. Where does that leave us? >> >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 7:44:25 PM UTC-2, Dmitry Polyanovsky >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> I use it. (surprising) Actually, I started to use CB for same reasons as >>> you: I was unhappy with PHP for some my requirements and Django, RoR and >>> others could not solve them too. I discovered Erlang and CB to be perfect >>> solution for my needs. Currently I have a half dozen websites running on CB. >>> Most important part, architecture and ideas behind CB give me ability to >>> write cool apps fast and without a pain. >>> >>> The bad part, that we don't have strong community. CB is only framework >>> and depends on huge number of libraries of different code quality and worst >>> thing, different support level. For example, most drivers in boss_db not >>> working for different reasons. Actually, i can be pretty sure mysql and >>> postgres drivers are working right now, other just broken. Each time I have >>> a bit more time, I merge PRs or write some myself, but it's pretty hard to >>> do anything without other people being around to help or just exchange ideas >>> or opinions. >>> >>> It looks like I'm not only one here, so if anybody want to help and keep >>> CB alive, I'm here to merge PRs, join discussions and make world better. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 1:50:20 AM UTC+2, rlander wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey guys, just wanted to share a story. >>>> >>>> Some time ago I inherited the code base for a realtime web app written >>>> in nodejs that was old, very unstable, and leaking memory left and right. >>>> As >>>> we decided to rewrite everything, I spent a month prototyping a few >>>> different solutions: >>>> >>>> - python + pushpin + nginx >>>> - clojure + redis + nginx >>>> - go >>>> - elixir + rethinkdb + postgres >>>> >>>> It just bothered me that I had to use so many moving parts or use worse >>>> languages like go. >>>> >>>> Then it hit me: Chicago Boss is the perfect framework for this kind of >>>> problem. To cut the story short, it only took me 1/3 of the time to write >>>> the prototype, it uses less moving parts (I ditched all external services >>>> like pushpin or nginx push module) and performs very well. >>>> >>>> So, I confess I was bearish on Chicago Boss, pmods being deprecated, >>>> Evan leaving and all. But this little experiment made me realize that >>>> Chicago Boss still fills a niche that others don't. Elixir/phoenix is a >>>> nice >>>> stack, but I find Erlang much more elegant and succinct. >>>> >>>> So, is anybody else still using Chicago Boss? How can we make it >>>> relevant again? >>>> >>>> BTW, thanks Dmitry for carrying the torch forward and, if there's anyone >>>> still listening, let's make some noise! >>>> >>>> rlander >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ChicagoBoss" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/chicagoboss. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/chicagoboss/cac29e8d-d85c-46e5-bc8b-29748af95abf%40googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChicagoBoss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/chicagoboss. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/chicagoboss/CAMUs9-NzgRKTPufMe5k8vqO3j3kjoy1Shk6e1jiOaRSCg52%2B3w%40mail.gmail.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Jesse Gumm Owner, Sigma Star Systems 414.940.4866 || sigma-star.com || @jessegumm -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChicagoBoss" group. 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