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Re: Edge Computing at Chick-fil-A

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Post by theossuary »

Aloha wrote: post #7
RandallBrown wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I worked for Nordstrom for several years and whenever I describe their technology department to another developer they're always pretty shocked. It was pretty shocking to me when I started there too.

I'm curious about Nordstrom, I know nothing of their infrastructure.

I was surprised too, when I saw their name in the Devops Handbook; apparently they were one of the pioneers of Devops. Talking with a previous employee, it sounds like they really reinvented themselves from an IT department to a little tech oasis within the company.

Re: Edge Computing at Chick-fil-A

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

timdorr wrote: post #3

If you want to see the actual hardware used at the restaurant, check out the previous blog post: https://medium.com/@cfatechblog/bare-metal-k8s-clustering-at... Spoiler: It's a stack of Intel NUCs.

NUCs are surprisingly well-built little machines. I have one in my car, and I give them my absolute seal of approval. I've heard of people running little VMware clusters on them too.

Re: Edge Computing at Chick-fil-A

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Post by gbear605 »

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #13
timdorr wrote: post #3

If you want to see the actual hardware used at the restaurant, check out the previous blog post: https://medium.com/@cfatechblog/bare-metal-k8s-clustering-at... Spoiler: It's a stack of Intel NUCs.

NUCs are surprisingly well-built little machines. I have one in my car, and I give them my absolute seal of approval. I've heard of people running little VMware clusters on them too.

What is it running in your car?

Re: Edge Computing at Chick-fil-A

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Post by SheinhardtWigCo »

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #13
timdorr wrote: post #3

If you want to see the actual hardware used at the restaurant, check out the previous blog post: https://medium.com/@cfatechblog/bare-metal-k8s-clustering-at... Spoiler: It's a stack of Intel NUCs.

NUCs are surprisingly well-built little machines. I have one in my car, and I give them my absolute seal of approval. I've heard of people running little VMware clusters on them too.

Why do you have one in your car?

Re: Edge Computing at Chick-fil-A

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Post by mattbrewsbytes »

bradleyankrom wrote: post #6
dpeck wrote: post #4

with articles like this and Mac'd from this YC cohort it seems like an increasingly interesting time in the restaurant/technology space.

the domain is interesting, but I worry about the long-term effects of maximizing efficiencies (read: automation) forpeople who rely on jobs in that industry.

A myth about manufacturing jobs is that they all went overseas. Reality is that most of them were replaced by robots and automation.

Low skill, low knowledge, repetitive work is key target for automation.

Fast food workers wouldn't have large downstream effects. Automated truck driving would though. There are likely entire towns right off of highways that depend on humans passing through daily - restaurants, repair shops, etc. If automated trucks don't stop anymore, a town could literally be a ghost town.

Re: Edge Computing at Chick-fil-A

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Post by Klathmon »

bradleyankrom wrote: post #6
dpeck wrote: post #4

with articles like this and Mac'd from this YC cohort it seems like an increasingly interesting time in the restaurant/technology space.

the domain is interesting, but I worry about the long-term effects of maximizing efficiencies (read: automation) forpeople who rely on jobs in that industry.

The whole debate on if automation is a good thing or not has always been pointless to me.

It's like trying to un-discover nuclear weapons, once it's out there you can't go back. Things are going to get more efficient, more automated, and those jobs will be lost. It's not a matter of "if", but "when".

What we need to do is to figure out ways to cope with the change. Find tasks that these workers can do that allows them to earn a living, experiment with universal income to maybe one day not need everyone to work, fund education programs so these people can learn to do something different, provide some safety nets so that these people have time to cope with the changes.

We need to adapt as society, not pretend that this technology doesn't exist.

Re: Edge Computing at Chick-fil-A

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Post by bradleyankrom »

Klathmon wrote: post #17
bradleyankrom wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the domain is interesting, but I worry about the long-term effects of maximizing efficiencies (read: automation) forpeople who rely on jobs in that industry.

The whole debate on if automation is a good thing or not has always been pointless to me. It's like trying to un-discover nuclear weapons, once it's out there you can't go back. Things are going to get more efficient, more automated, and those jobs will be lost. It's not a matter of "if", but "when". What we need to do is to figure out ways to cope with the change. Find tasks that these workers can do that allows the…

> What we need to do is to figure out ways to cope with the change. Find tasks that these workers can do that allows them to earn a living, experiment with universal income to maybe one day not need everyone to work, fund education programs so these people can learn to do something different, provide some safety nets so that these people have time to cope with the changes

yes to this.

Re: Edge Computing at Chick-fil-A

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Post by scrumption »

psychometry wrote: post #18

When it comes to Chick-fil-A, there's also the regressive side in addition to the modern and traditional sides. https://hornet.com/stories/chick-fil-a-anti-lgbtq-donations-...

Came here for this.

Imagine being so dead inside you feel perfectly fine, even proud of working for Chic-fil-A, lol

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