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Apollo – An Extensible Docker-Based Platform as a Service (PaaS)

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Re: Apollo – An Extensible Docker-Based Platform as a Service (PaaS)

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Post by alpb »

Despite the nice packaging, it appears to be a single-person maintained project. There are quite a few reasons why no opinionated PaaS built on Docker Swarm or Kubernetes (maybe surprisingly) came even close to being a popular choice in the market. Usually, anyone serious who's going to bet on a PaaS that runs their stack will also need a serious corporate entity (i.e. software vendor) supporting the tools in case things go wrong. Similarly, often many serious companies are better own building their own PaaS on top of these platforms as they realize sooner or later, they want a lot of customization and control over the platform. So far I'm adding this to the pile of people who’ve tried to build a PaaS on top of docker/k8s. I'm not seeing a lot of features to make it stand out, what I'm seeing in the features section is more of an opinionated stack.

Re: Apollo – An Extensible Docker-Based Platform as a Service (PaaS)

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Post by agloeregrets »

verisimilidude wrote: post #4
intellix wrote: post #2

Name is a little similar to https://www.apollographql.com/

Also: https://github.com/ApolloAuto/apollo It’s a contested open source project name, for sure.

And let’s not forget the well-liked iOS Reddit client as well.

Or the Greek god

Or the moon missions.

Or Counter Culture’s Light Roast beans.

Basically the name is a bit tired and few actually have a reason to call it that. (Apollo the Reddit client to browse the world of Reddit which has an alien as it’s avatar almost makes sense.)

Re: Apollo – An Extensible Docker-Based Platform as a Service (PaaS)

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Post by andrewxdiamond »

agloeregrets wrote: post #6
verisimilidude wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also: https://github.com/ApolloAuto/apollo It’s a contested open source project name, for sure.

And let’s not forget the well-liked iOS Reddit client as well. Or the Greek god Or the moon missions. Or Counter Culture’s Light Roast beans. Basically the name is a bit tired and few actually have a reason to call it that. (Apollo the Reddit client to browse the world of Reddit which has an alien as it’s avatar almost makes sense.)

Amazon engineers will also recognize Apollo as something else

https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2014/11/apollo-amazon-d...

Re: Apollo – An Extensible Docker-Based Platform as a Service (PaaS)

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Post by zyang »

alpb wrote: post #5

Despite the nice packaging, it appears to be a single-person maintained project. There are quite a few reasons why no opinionated PaaS built on Docker Swarm or Kubernetes (maybe surprisingly) came even close to being a popular choice in the market. Usually, anyone serious who's going to bet on a PaaS that runs their stack will also need a serious corporate entity (i.e. software vendor) supporting the tools in case th…

I remember first time seeing Elastic Search around 2012. Shay Banon was the sole commiter for over two years at the time. Never underestimate determined founders.

Re: Apollo – An Extensible Docker-Based Platform as a Service (PaaS)

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Post by slayerjain »

alpb wrote: post #5

Despite the nice packaging, it appears to be a single-person maintained project. There are quite a few reasons why no opinionated PaaS built on Docker Swarm or Kubernetes (maybe surprisingly) came even close to being a popular choice in the market. Usually, anyone serious who's going to bet on a PaaS that runs their stack will also need a serious corporate entity (i.e. software vendor) supporting the tools in case th…

What are other docker/k8s based PaaS you've tried?
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