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Show HN: An API for running computationally intensive tools

6 pointsby lebovicalmost 4 years ago

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lebovicalmost 4 years ago
While implementing and scaling data analysis pipelines at a biotech startup, I spent most of my time getting new tools running efficiently and scaling them. Implementing something like Kraken2 for genomic analysis (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;DerrickWood&#x2F;kraken2" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;DerrickWood&#x2F;kraken2</a>) on our infrastructure took weeks and was hard to scale. I expected a library for running these tools on managed infrastructure via an API to exist – like Twilio for sending text messages or Stripe for processing payments – but I couldn&#x27;t find any.<p>Toolchest is an API for running data analysis tools easily (i.e. copy and paste a few lines of code), without managing the infrastructure. We&#x27;re starting with computational genomics tools, but tools in other spaces can be added. Please drop me a message if you have a use case in mind! For example, I&#x27;ve thought about making hashcat powered by Tesla V100 GPUs accessible via our API.<p>All feedback is welcome! If you&#x27;re curious about how it works, feel free to check out our docs: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;toolchest-python-client.readthedocs.io&#x2F;en&#x2F;latest&#x2F;user&#x2F;quickstart.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;toolchest-python-client.readthedocs.io&#x2F;en&#x2F;latest&#x2F;use...</a>
bnajdeckialmost 4 years ago
Looks great. Do you have any real example with the cost estimation?
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