step 1) keeping a service up and running is hard. we have all these issues and it seems like we are struggling to do simple things step 2) only if there was some magic tech that could solve all these issues. and have a cool name. and we could put it on out resumes... drum roll: K8Sssssss step 3) bro. it’s working. i don’t really understand what it’s doing but look at all the containers we are running. and the config.…
The Cult of Kubernetes
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Re: The Cult of Kubernetes
#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
My cluster is at $30 a month, which is slightly more than my dokku server; but I get so much more out of it that I think it's worth it.
I'm not very familiar with kubernetes, what do you get out of it that you don't with dokku? I really like dokku and use it on my personal server for all my half-baked personal projects.
Re: The Cult of Kubernetes
#143step 1) keeping a service up and running is hard. we have all these issues and it seems like we are struggling to do simple things step 2) only if there was some magic tech that could solve all these issues. and have a cool name. and we could put it on out resumes... drum roll: K8Sssssss step 3) bro. it’s working. i don’t really understand what it’s doing but look at all the containers we are running. and the config.…
I'm partially convinced that the "we're google scale" is cargo-culting.
Re: The Cult of Kubernetes
#144Kubernetes is our one shot at having the universal vendor-neutral cluster interface. The fact that it's time consuming to do simple things directly against it doesn't surprise me in the same way I'm not surprised that writing todo app directly against POSIX abstraction would be time consuming. It's a great way to learn how these interfaces work though.
Re: The Cult of Kubernetes
#145I mean, good on the author, but this isn’t what Kubernetes is really for. Kubernetes is basically a way to run a Java-like application server that can run things other than Java. If that sounds like an appealing prospect to you, the complexity of Kubernetes may be a good fit. Kubernetes is complex because sometimes you need to be able to do complex things. Sometimes you operate at a scale where spending 12 hours writ…
think you're really missing the point here. Why do you think this was included in the post? https://twitter.com/dexhorthy/status/856639005462417409
Re: The Cult of Kubernetes
#146I mean, good on the author, but this isn’t what Kubernetes is really for. Kubernetes is basically a way to run a Java-like application server that can run things other than Java. If that sounds like an appealing prospect to you, the complexity of Kubernetes may be a good fit. Kubernetes is complex because sometimes you need to be able to do complex things. Sometimes you operate at a scale where spending 12 hours writ…
Where would you draw the dividing line between where you think it does make sense to use something like Kubernetes and where it doesn't?
Re: The Cult of Kubernetes
#147I mean, good on the author, but this isn’t what Kubernetes is really for. Kubernetes is basically a way to run a Java-like application server that can run things other than Java. If that sounds like an appealing prospect to you, the complexity of Kubernetes may be a good fit. Kubernetes is complex because sometimes you need to be able to do complex things. Sometimes you operate at a scale where spending 12 hours writ…
Where would you draw the dividing line between where you think it does make sense to use something like Kubernetes and where it doesn't?
Re: The Cult of Kubernetes
#148I mean, good on the author, but this isn’t what Kubernetes is really for. Kubernetes is basically a way to run a Java-like application server that can run things other than Java. If that sounds like an appealing prospect to you, the complexity of Kubernetes may be a good fit. Kubernetes is complex because sometimes you need to be able to do complex things. Sometimes you operate at a scale where spending 12 hours writ…
> complaining that running a blog on Kubernetes is too complex think you're really missing the point here. Why do you think this was included in the post? https://twitter.com/dexhorthy/status/856639005462417409
Re: The Cult of Kubernetes
#149step 1) keeping a service up and running is hard. we have all these issues and it seems like we are struggling to do simple things step 2) only if there was some magic tech that could solve all these issues. and have a cool name. and we could put it on out resumes... drum roll: K8Sssssss step 3) bro. it’s working. i don’t really understand what it’s doing but look at all the containers we are running. and the config.…
He's working for a Swiss bank, and managing an ops team. In his case, I think k8s makes sense.
Then there's me. Doing remote work, struggling to sort out visas, wishing I could have his kind of life and stability, wondering how it all went wrong. To get a job like his requires experience in Kubernetes, Oracle, etc. I can't get that kind of experience with side projects.
"dave jumping on the latest tech trend" is probably trying to build up his résumé, rather than actually help the company. As someone who needs to build up his own résumé, what do you suggest to gain experience in this kind of technology? I don't want to intentionally deceive the company to let me try it when I know they don't need it. But I know that I need to learn it somehow.
Re: The Cult of Kubernetes
#150I mean, good on the author, but this isn’t what Kubernetes is really for. Kubernetes is basically a way to run a Java-like application server that can run things other than Java. If that sounds like an appealing prospect to you, the complexity of Kubernetes may be a good fit. Kubernetes is complex because sometimes you need to be able to do complex things. Sometimes you operate at a scale where spending 12 hours writ…
The only thing that's really prevented me from doing so is that I have my own micro-PaaS (https://github.com/piku) that makes it trivial to run a bunch of different apps/services on the same VPS, and the added complexity isn't really necessary.
But since I deal with k8s practically every day at customers, attrition might be compensated by not having to switch tooling.
YMMV within this sort of scope.