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Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad

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Re: Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad

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Post by gtaylor »

This a rant post that backs up very few of its assertions. Though, the author may not have been trying to write for serious consumption. Sometimes it's therapeutic to have a good rant.

I'm not sure what there is for us to discuss. Nice rant, I guess? The post does not attempt to persuade or change opinions (which, again: cool. sometimes it's nice to have a good rant).

Re: Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad

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Post by kminehart »

I really dislike articles like these. I don't think the author is interested in having any kind of productive discussion or criticism.

There's a million reasons to hate Kubernetes, the author couldn't be bothered to venture beyond the lowest hanging fruit (yaml)?

If I could downvote this I would.

Re: Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad

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Post by dilandau »

dimgl wrote: post #5
sam_lowry_ wrote: post #3

"Kubernetes is the worst thing to happen to system administration since systemd." I'll take that quote into my fortune file.

What are some of the arguments against `systemd`? I've used it in several production systems and don't really have an opinion on it.

https://nosystemd.org/

Re: Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad

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Post by scaryclam »

williamstein wrote: post #2

This seems rude and also dishonest/revisionist, eg "In 2015, an unrelated tool called Kubernetes was released by Google (but, really, by Xooglers)".

Agreed. The writing style is so full of bile that any actual point just drowns in it and makes the author seem petty and bitter about the world. Not a good read, even for those that agree with the author about unneeded complexity.

Re: Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad

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Post by toomuchtodo »

dilandau wrote: post #9

There's a lot of justified hatred for kubernetes, but for fuck's sake why did anyone adopt it in the first place, if they didn't understand what they were getting into? It's like the startups from 10 years ago who absolutely had to use MongoDB because "scale", and then they never get off the ground because they're trying to implement ACID from first principles.

Hype train tickets are cheap to get on, but expensive to get off.

Re: Etcd, or, why modern software makes me sad

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Post by runawaybottle »

miked85 wrote: post #6

This just reads as a systems engineer who is angry about new tooling/processes replacing parts of their job.

I think he/she made it clear it is needlessly replacing parts of the job.

The question is, should one feel any one way about that. I’d imagine it would be the most annoying thing on earth, so it’s a valid emotion being expressed.

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