Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS crash course series
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Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS crash course series
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Re: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS crash course series
#2Kubernetes must probably be one of the most tutorialized pieces of SW out there. You want a "crash course" on the platform of your choice? You got it. You want it for the price of your choice? You got it.
The docs are great [1] and offer even interactive parts [2]. There are a ton of good materials on youtube. There are Coursera and EdX courses, e.g. [3] from Google and [4] from Red Hat. There are a ton of Udemy courses, e.g. [5]. I'm not even going to mention sites like Pluralsight (which now owns CloudGuru and CloudAcademy).
I'm not even mentioning books on advanced Kubernetes and service mesh topics.
I wonder what drives someone to write a 101-level tutorial on K8s. In my mind, there's such an overload of information on the topic that it must get lost among the greats.
[1] https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/what-is-kuberne...
[2] https://kubernetes.io/docs/tutorials/kubernetes-basics/creat...
[3] https://www.coursera.org/specializations/architecting-google...
[4] https://www.coursera.org/specializations/cloud-native-develo...
Re: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS crash course series
#3I think that for the average developer, these tools will soon be obsolete. For frontend applications, hosting services such as Vercel and Netlify gives a far superior DX. For backend, Vercel does the same, or other BaaS' like Supabase that gives you most you would need to create a fully fledged app with easy to use API's. The only downside I can tell, is the pricing, but compared to dev hours saved, it's probably a net benefit.
Re: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS crash course series
#4Kubernetes must probably be one of the most tutorialized pieces of SW out there. You want a "crash course" on the platform of your choice? You got it. You want it for the price of your choice? You got it. The docs are great [1] and offer even interactive parts [2]. There are a ton of good materials on youtube. There are Coursera and EdX courses, e.g. [3] from Google and [4] from Red Hat. There are a ton of Udemy cour…
To be fair. Just last night i was googling kubernetes and k3s tutorials.
All of them on page 1 of SERPS are super simple and brilliant and ONLY show you how to add nodes to clusters.
Ok now what ?? Ive drank the k-Koolaid signup for the newsletters but how do i get value from this 'thing' ???
When i code a webapp how do setup/config the db ? How do I do a regular LAMP app ?
Lol i never thought i say this but i need a kubernetes tutorial on 'best practices' for common patterns. No for google scale but how do i kubernetify my run of the mil lamp app with 100kpage views a month ??
There seems to be a gap between the beginner and advance (kubernetes all things) levels ?
Maybe that is the answer ?? The fact that the middle-situations(lamp apps with low-med traffic) tutorials dont exists means i dont need it ??
Re: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS crash course series
#5Kubernetes must probably be one of the most tutorialized pieces of SW out there. You want a "crash course" on the platform of your choice? You got it. You want it for the price of your choice? You got it. The docs are great [1] and offer even interactive parts [2]. There are a ton of good materials on youtube. There are Coursera and EdX courses, e.g. [3] from Google and [4] from Red Hat. There are a ton of Udemy cour…
This is no doubt a useful commment, since you provide other sources. However, it's not particularly a mark of courtesy to denigrate others' contribution to the space. If you had substantive criticism of the OP offered tutorial, it might be helpful. However, you offer none.
Re: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS crash course series
#6I think that for the average developer, these tools will soon be obsolete. For frontend applications, hosting services such as Vercel and Netlify gives a far superior DX. For backend, Vercel does the same, or other BaaS' like Supabase that gives you most you would need to create a fully fledged app with easy to use API's. The only downside I can tell, is the pricing, but compared to dev hours saved, it's probably a n…
> The only downside I can tell, is the pricing, but compared to dev hours saved, it's probably a net benefit.
dev hours is already paid - i say that a hosted service for an app is gonna cost even more than the dev in the long run.
Re: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS crash course series
#7I think that for the average developer, these tools will soon be obsolete. For frontend applications, hosting services such as Vercel and Netlify gives a far superior DX. For backend, Vercel does the same, or other BaaS' like Supabase that gives you most you would need to create a fully fledged app with easy to use API's. The only downside I can tell, is the pricing, but compared to dev hours saved, it's probably a n…
> The only downside I can tell, is the pricing, but compared to dev hours saved, it's probably a net benefit. dev hours is already paid - i say that a hosted service for an app is gonna cost even more than the dev in the long run.
You pay a premium to let your devs work on what matters, the actual product, not tinker with devops tools for hours on end on something that has already been solved. Something to keep in mind is that infrastructure code has to be updated and maintained as well, with services that gets handled for you. It would be interesting to see how much of a difference in price it would make over eg. a year.
Re: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS crash course series
#8I think that for the average developer, these tools will soon be obsolete. For frontend applications, hosting services such as Vercel and Netlify gives a far superior DX. For backend, Vercel does the same, or other BaaS' like Supabase that gives you most you would need to create a fully fledged app with easy to use API's. The only downside I can tell, is the pricing, but compared to dev hours saved, it's probably a n…
The difficult with backend is dealing with state. It's easy enough to provide a simple experience when dealing with stateless frontends, backends are a very different story.
You're right that we need better tools. I'm the founder of Encore [1] which is all about bringing the simplicity of Vercel/Netlify to backend development. Not by substituting the backend for a BaaS but by building a developer experience hand-crafted for dealing with cloud infrastructure.
Re: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS crash course series
#9Or better phrased: "How to get inclined to slash your own wrists".
Jokes aside, I'll give it a go, I do need some advanced Docker topics lately and I am sure Kubernetes can help me with some of my home-hosted services as well.
Re: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS crash course series
#10I think that for the average developer, these tools will soon be obsolete. For frontend applications, hosting services such as Vercel and Netlify gives a far superior DX. For backend, Vercel does the same, or other BaaS' like Supabase that gives you most you would need to create a fully fledged app with easy to use API's. The only downside I can tell, is the pricing, but compared to dev hours saved, it's probably a n…
The difficult with backend is dealing with state. It's easy enough to provide a simple experience when dealing with stateless frontends, backends are a very different story. You're right that we need better tools. I'm the founder of Encore [1] which is all about bringing the simplicity of Vercel/Netlify to backend development. Not by substituting the backend for a BaaS but by building a developer experience hand-craf…
I'll definitely review your service but in the meantime you should know my desktop (macOS) Firefox is freaking out on your website and is scrolling it in a janky manner and it keeps one CPU core at 80% for good 30 seconds after switching away from the tab.