Distributing binaries and toolchains to developers is a pain but DotSlash makes it a breeze. Instead of committing large, platform-specific executables to your repository, DotSlash combines a fast Rust program with a JSON manifest prefixed with a #! to transparently fetch and execute the binary you need. Tune in to our interview with Andres and Michael to learn more.

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Links

Simple Precision Time Protocol at Meta: https://engineering.fb.com/2024/02/07/production-engineering/simple-precision-time-protocol-sptp-meta/
Meta Time libraries on GitHub: https://github.com/facebook/time
DotSlash - Simplified executable deployment: https://engineering.fb.com/2024/02/06/developer-tools/dotslash-simplified-executable-deployment/
DotSlash website: https://dotslash-cli.com/
DotSlash on GitHub: https://github.com/facebook/dotslash

Timestamps

Intro 0:05
Intro Andres 2:30
Intro Michael 3:39
Andres's Projects at Meta 3:54
Michael's Projects at Meta 5:00
What is DotSlash? 5:30
DotSlash vs LFS 6:04
DotSlash vs buck2 run 7:08
Where is DotSlash used at Meta? 8:45
How does DotSlash work? 9:37
DotSlash on Windows 13:15
How DotSlash is built 16:21
Bundling the rust toolchain 17:14
Automated DotSlash file generation 20:33
DotSlash and remote execution 24:53
Storage providers 26:27
Why open-source? 30:05
Limitations 34:17
Cache Eviction 36:59
Outro 39:22
Bloopers 40:15

60: Simplified Executable Deployment with DotSlash

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