Docker Raises $23M

Post by halfmatthalfcat » Tue, Mar 16, 2021, 10:06 PM UTC

thow-01187 wrote: post #216

halfmatthalfcat wrote: post #176

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I beg to differ. The jump from learning Docker (and containers generally) to learning Kubernetes is not “hard”. Sure it’s a different paradigm of application deployment but I’ve seen far too many posts on HN that completely undermine its value in the name of difficulty. You can use it if you’re not “at scale” completely fine and reap all the benefits as if you were. Idk it’s because people hate Google, so they hate K…

In my experience, adopting Kubernetes is seldom a well informed decision weighting the pros and the cons. Usually it's a stampede effect of higher-ups pushing for Kubernetes, because everyone else is, without really understanding what it entails. The truth is, Kubernetes is awesome, it brings many features to the table. But it also requires ~10% additional very expensive headcount, ~20% more tasks overall, and prolon…

Post by tarsinge » Tue, Mar 16, 2021, 10:21 PM UTC

caymanjim wrote: post #140

filleokus wrote: post #76

It feels like Docker (Inc) is becoming less and less "relevant" for each year that passes. At least from my perspective, they led the popularisation of containerisation and the whole cattle-not-pets approach of deploying apps. They created big and long lasting change in the industry. But they seem to have lost the production environment race to Kubernetes, at least for now. They are the biggest player in the dev-mach…

Kubernetes is so much more than most people should want or need. It's far too complicated and heavyweight for smaller or simpler deployments. In AWS, most people should use ECS/Fargate instead. There are other competing container environments as well. Your point still stands; Docker popularized containerization and are in danger of becoming irrelevant because they ceded the container execution environment to others.

Post by xeromal » Tue, Mar 16, 2021, 10:24 PM UTC

sandstrom wrote: post #204

I'd pay for a pro version of macOS Docker Desktop that didn't peg the CPU at ~30% with no activity in the containers :)

Post by miohtama » Tue, Mar 16, 2021, 10:26 PM UTC

staunch wrote: post #110

I believe the reason it's "Series B" after like 10 VC raises is that Docker, Inc recapitalized and basically wiped out existing shareholders (former employees, etc). I'm surprised there's not been a stockholder lawsuit, since they could've presumably sold the company for something and returned some money to the prior stockholders.

Post by m463 » Tue, Mar 16, 2021, 10:28 PM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #210

IgorPartola wrote: post #192

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Portability is key. Being able to run an Ubuntu container on macOS is a killer feature.

Containers aren't virtual machines.