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wing

A programming language for the cloud ☁️ A unified programming model, combining infrastructure and runtime code into one language ⚡

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A programming language for the cloud ☁️ A unified programming model, combining infrastructure and runtime code into one language ⚡

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Jan 2023	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Feb 2023	2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
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May 2023	2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC	3	0	3
Jun 2023	2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Jul 2023	2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
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Oct 2023	2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Nov 2023	2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
Dec 2023	2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC	2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	1	1

What Hacker News says

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ramesh31·Dec 6, 2023

> Why a whole language rather than a library that could just as well abstract the cloudy infrastructure and expose its data structures as "first class citizens" ? "Very cool, but what here cannot be done by a library or compiler extension? In existing languages, where there is no way to distinguish between multiple execution phases, it is impossible to naturally represent this idea that an object has methods that can only be executed from within a specific execution phase (or within certain scopes of the program). You are welcome to read more about it here (including code samples that show the same app built in Wing vs. other solutions)." https://github.com/winglang/wing#very-cool-but-what-here-can...

In Show HN: Winglang – A new cloud-oriented programming language

shaiber·Dec 6, 2023Submission

Show HN: Winglang – A new cloud-oriented programming language

116 points · Open discussion

zhengsj·Nov 10, 2023

In my opinion, AWS can be challenging for developers who are not familiar with cloud. The main issue is that it's not very user-friendly to fully utilize all the features of AWS through the Management Console alone. Here are some specific challenges: 1. Constantly switching between different components can cause frequent context switches, making it harder to work efficiently. 2. AWS offers a wide range of capabilities, and developers may struggle with figuring out how to effectively combine them in real-world scenarios. 3. There are many concepts and security restrictions within AWS, such as IAM, which adds complexity to the learning curve. To make the most of what AWS has to offer, developers need to invest time in studying extensive documentation and even learn Infrastructure as Code. Unfortunately, this can slow down the implementation

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of innovative ideas. Fortunately, there are a few new tools that can help address these problems. For instance: - Plutolang: https://github.com/pluto-lang/pluto - Winglang: https://github.com/winglang/wing - Nitric: https://github.com/nitrictech/nitric

In Ask HN: Is the AWS console developers friendly?

presto138·Jun 27, 2023

Is this open source ? What's this license here: https://github.com/winglang/wing/blob/main/apps/wing-console...

In Cloud, why so difficult? (2022)

shaiber·May 23, 2023

In this insightful article, Elad Ben-Israel, the mind behind the CDK, shares his love for the cloud, but also his frustrations with the complexity of building cloud applications. The challenges he identifies include: 1. Focus on non-functional mechanics: The need to understand and manage cloud platform mechanics instead of focusing on building valuable features for users. 2. Lack of independence: Developers often need to rely on others to handle parts of the deployment process or to resolve issues, interrupting their work flow. 3. Delayed feedback: The current iteration cycle in cloud development can take minutes or even longer, significantly slowing down the development process and making it harder for developers to stay in their flow state. ## It's not just a rant Elad is not just ranting about cloud development. He proposes a solution

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in the form of a programming language for the cloud. This language would treat the entire cloud as its computer. The language compiler will be able to see the complete cloud application, unbound by the limits of individual machines. Such a compiler would be able to handle a significant portion of the application's non-functional aspects, enabling developers to operate at a more abstract level, thus reducing complexity and promoting autonomy. Moreover, it could expedite iteration cycles by allowing to compile applications to quick local simulators during the development process. ## The Winglang Project Elad reveals that he's in the process of developing such an open-source, “cloud-oriented” language, dubbed Winglang (https://github.com/winglang/wing). Wing aims to improve the developer experience of cloud applications by enabling developers to build distributed systems that leverage cloud services as first-class citizens. This is achieved by integrating infrastructure and application code in a secure, unified programming model. Wing programs can be executed locally via a fully-functional simulator or deployed to any cloud provider. ## My Interest in Winglang I, together with a group of dedicated contributors, joined forces with Elad to develop Winglang. While still in Alpha and not yet ready for production use, it's already possible to build some real applications (https://github.com/winglang/research/tree/main/dogfooding). Check out https://github.com/winglang/wing for more details.

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shaiber·May 17, 2023

This insightful article by Gregor Hohpe covers: * Evolution of programming abstractions. * Challenges of cloud abstractions. * Importance of tools like stack traces for debugging, especially in distributed systems. Gregor emphasizes that effective cloud abstractions are crucial but tricky to get right. He points out that debugging at the abstraction level can be complex and underscores the value of good error messages and observability. The part about the "unhappy path" particularly resonated with me: "The unhappy path is where many abstractions struggle. Software that makes building small systems easy but struggles with real-world development scenarios like debugging or automated testing is an unwelcome version of “demoware” - it demos well, but doesn’t actually work in the real world. And there’s no unlock code. ... I propose the follow

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ing test for vendors demoing higher-level development systems: 1. Ask them to enter a typo into one of the fields where the developer is expected to enter some logic. 2. Ask them to leave the room for two minutes while we change a few random elements of their demo configuration. Upon return, they would have to debug and figure out what was changed. Needless to say, no vendor ever picked the challenge." Why it interests me? I'm one of the creators of Winglang (https://github.com/winglang/wing), an open-source programming language for the cloud that allows developers to work at a higher level of abstraction. We set a goal for ourselves to provide good debugging experience that will allow developers to debug cloud applications in the context of the logical structure of the apps. After reading this article I think we can rephrase the goal as being able to easily pass Gregor's vendor test from above :)

In Programming without a stack trace: When abstractions become illusions

shaiber·May 16, 2023

This insightful article by Adam Ruka covers: - What's IaC. - First gen. tools: Declarative, Host Provisioning (Chef, Puppet, Ansible). - Second gen. tools: Declarative, Cloud (CloudFormation, Terraform, Azure Resource Manager). - Third gen. tools: Imperative, Cloud (AWS CDK, Pulumi, SST). - The future: Infrastructure from Code (Wing, Eventual, Ampt, Klotho). Why it interests me? I'm one of the creators of Winglang (https://github.com/winglang/wing) that is featured there as one of the future 4th gen. tool, along with Eventual (https://github.com/functionless/eventual), Ampt (https://github.com/getampt) and Klotho (https://github.com/klothoplatform/klotho).

In History and Future of Infrastructure as Code

SaboTaylord·Mar 30, 2023Submission

A cloud-oriented open-source programming language

1 points · Open discussion

quanticle·Dec 19, 2022

None of the links to the Github repositories for the language resolve. I checked the link for the compiler [1], the SDK [2], and the VSCode extension [3], and all of them 404. Seems like the repositories are all still private, which is odd, given that the page claims However, it's definitely ready for those brave of hearts who would like to be involved at this early stage, influence our roadmap and join us for the ride. Kind of hard to do that when all the source code is closed. [1]: https://github.com/orgs/winglang/projects/1 [2]: https://github.com/orgs/winglang/projects/3 [3]: https://github.com/winglang/wing

In Wing: A cloud-oriented programming language – request alpha access