Burla

Burla is a python package that makes it easy to run code on (lots of) other computers.

Burla only has one function: remote_parallel_map.
This function requires just two arguments, here's how it works:

from burla import remote_parallel_map

# Arg 1: Any python function:
def my_function(my_input):
    ...

# Arg 2: List of inputs for `my_function`
my_inputs = [1, 2, 3, ...]

# Calls `my_function` on every input in `my_inputs`,
# at the same time, each on a separate computer in the cloud.
remote_parallel_map(my_function, my_inputs)

• Burla is fast and scalable.
  Code starts running within 1 second, on up to 1000 CPU's.
• Running code remotely with Burla feels like local development. This means that:
  • Errors thrown on remote computers are raised on your local machine.
  • Anything you print appears in the terminal on your local machine.
  • Your python environment is automaticaly cloned on all remote computers.
    This allows you to call any local python package in a function sent to remote_parallel_map.
    After installing once, environments are cached to keep latency below 1 second.
• Burla is easy to install.
  Try our managed service with two commands. Install Burla in your cloud with three commands.
• Burla supports custom resource requirements.
  Allocate up to 96 CPUs and 360G of ram to each individual function call with two simple arguments.
• Burla supports GPU's.
  Just add one argument: remote_parallel_map(my_function, my_inputs, gpu="A100")
• Burla supports custom Docker images.
  Just add one argument: remote_parallel_map(my_function, my_inputs, dockerfile="./Dockerfile")
  After building once, images are cached to keep latency below 1 second.
• Burla offers simple network storage.
  By default, all remote machines are attached to the same persistent network disk.
  Upload & download files to this disk through a simple CLI: > burla nas upload / download / ls / rm ...

Burla is currently under devlopment and is not ready to be used.

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If you have any questions, email me at: jake@burla.dev, or join us on Discord.