There used to be a wonderful service for Pythonistas, called PiCloud. It let you run a function on a remote server, directly from your code:  No system administration, just pure code. Pickles anyone? We loved the service, so we created and deployed an open source variant that can use existing clients, [cloudpipe](https://github.com/cloudpipe/cloudpipe). Come learn how cloudpipe works, how to use it, and how to hack on it as a contributor.