Using Binder during a workshop

Binder repo help
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Hi,

We would like to use Binder during a workshop. We expect 40-80 users for 30 min. Would you recommend us to use Binder in such a situation?

Thank you very much for your kind help and all the work you are putting in Binder!
Serena

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Given the current service resource status, one should not rely on the public mybinder federation for any kind of time-based thing, even for a single already-built image, and user, much less a thundering herd.

The Zero to BinderHub approach is relatively straightforward, and at that size of one-off event, may likely fit within free credit budget on some cloud providers.

Some alternatives:

  • deploy jupyterlite on GitHub Pages or ReadTheDocs
    • simpler, but less powerful, than constructor installers

For multi-hour experiences, with a real “take-home”:

  • deply offline-capable, conda/mamba-based installers as GitHub Rleases…
    • this is relatively easy today with e.g. GitHub Actions and constructor,
    • historically takes 20 minutes to get a cohort up and running, given fast-enough internet (or local wifi) to fetch the installers
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Thanks so much for replying this quickly! We are going to learn from what you wrote!