In this session, Ivan Judson, a Solution Architect at Harper, shares his journey of learning and using Harper to solve real-world problems. He walks through the installation process of Harper from the NPM repository, setting up the Fabric web interface, and creating clusters. The session emphasizes the ease of local development and cloud hosting, showcasing how to deploy applications effectively. Ivan also discusses future plans for further development and invites feedback from the audience. Resources - Installation Guide: - Operations API: - Discord (Connect with our Engineers): Takeaways - The installation process of Harper is straightforward and requires no credit card for the free tier. - Fabric serves as the control plane for managing Harper instances. - Clusters can be created in different configurations, including co-located and self-hosted. - Local development can be seamlessly integrated with cloud hosting. - Deploying applications on Harper requires a simple configuration setup. - Feedback from users is encouraged to improve future sessions. - The learning process is ongoing, with new topics to cover each week. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Harper and Its Capabilities 01:55 Installing Harper and Setting Up Fabric 04:23 Creating and Managing Clusters in Harper 07:11 Connecting Local Instances to Fabric 09:56 Recap and Future Plans for Development