Threefold Tech Call Challenge

#1

The Threefold Tech Call Challenge

Do you have what it takes to build on the Threefold Grid?

The Thought Experiment… or the Challenge?

Here’s a quick thought experiment by Drew where he proposes a possible development on the Threefold Grid:

Source: TF Weekly Call

It sounded like a challenge or what?
You think you could deploy such a feature on the Threefold Grid?

That would be nice.

We can do this as a team too.
It does sound feasible!

Let’s talk.
Let’s develop.

Drew explains it well in the video. We can build on this idea. Here’s a kind of summary of the basics:

What is being done already

  • config
    • 2xfull vm
      • VM for service
        • ex:
          • 2 VM for database email server
          • each have their own mirror
            • can do backups

What we could do on the Threefold Grid

  • Playground deployment
    • containerize such services (VM for service above)
      • deployable as Micro VM
        • ex:
          • you deploy 2 mail servers on the Grid as micro VM
            • you enter your domain name

Possible Combinations of Projects

This project could one day lead to a collaboration with the Threefold Commercial Services.

Who knows? It’s all about what we can do, and doing it.

Let us know what you think!

01/23/23 Weekly Community Q&A and Technical Call Recording
#2

Here are some ideas from the tech call that could inspire solutions:

  • Traditional cloud environment
    • API
      • software to reserve more resources
    • autoscaling solution
      • kubernetes cluster
        • fill up workload on clusters
          • can add nodes automatically
  • Threefold Grid
    • all protocols are open source
    • can build those features
      • everyone can jump in and add features
    • autoscaling
    • self-healing
  • CockroachDB
    • distributed database
      • in different geographic regions
      • doesn’t natively come with the ability to reserve or deploy other nodes
        • but it can
          • if a node goes down
            • rebuild shared information on other nodes still up
    • low config tool