Why Kubernetes is so complex
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Why Kubernetes is so complex
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Re: Why Kubernetes is so complex
#2After reading TFA I don't feel enlightened. I don't think the author answered or even began to seriously address the question posed in the title; the discussion is approximately a beginner-level introduction to K8s Controllers.
A bit disappointed with cloudplane here.
Edit: @dollar - good one! Quite plausibly the case.
Re: Why Kubernetes is so complex
#3After reading TFA I don't feel enlightened. I don't think the author answered or even began to seriously address the question posed in the title; the discussion is approximately a beginner-level introduction to K8s Controllers. A bit disappointed with cloudplane here. Edit: @dollar - good one! Quite plausibly the case.
Kubernetes is so complicated, the author got started describing it, then gave up and wandered off topic.
Re: Why Kubernetes is so complex
#4I think the answer is hidden in the last paragraph. It was created by Google engineers to solve Google scale problems where they run maybe hunderds of thousands of services with a dedicated SRE team and massive tooling. For a small company, give me a way to run one container in an autoscable way and we can go from there.
Re: Why Kubernetes is so complex
#5I think the answer is hidden in the last paragraph. It was created by Google engineers to solve Google scale problems where they run maybe hunderds of thousands of services with a dedicated SRE team and massive tooling. For a small company, give me a way to run one container in an autoscable way and we can go from there.
> For a small company, give me a way to run one container in an autoscable way and we can go from there.
What's the best way you've found to do that?
Re: Why Kubernetes is so complex
#6Because complexity sells.
Re: Why Kubernetes is so complex
#7I think the answer is hidden in the last paragraph. It was created by Google engineers to solve Google scale problems where they run maybe hunderds of thousands of services with a dedicated SRE team and massive tooling. For a small company, give me a way to run one container in an autoscable way and we can go from there.
> For a small company, give me a way to run one container in an autoscable way and we can go from there. What's the best way you've found to do that?
ECS/Fargate for long lived things. Lambdas for short lived things.
Re: Why Kubernetes is so complex
#8I think the answer is hidden in the last paragraph. It was created by Google engineers to solve Google scale problems where they run maybe hunderds of thousands of services with a dedicated SRE team and massive tooling. For a small company, give me a way to run one container in an autoscable way and we can go from there.
Which is why kubernetes got adopted - everyone pretends they are Google, having Google problems, when they, in fact, don't.
Re: Why Kubernetes is so complex
#9After reading TFA I don't feel enlightened. I don't think the author answered or even began to seriously address the question posed in the title; the discussion is approximately a beginner-level introduction to K8s Controllers. A bit disappointed with cloudplane here. Edit: @dollar - good one! Quite plausibly the case.
The article did feel half finished. Maybe it could be a series of articles, I suppose.
But jumping right to "Let's look at how Kubernetes works behind the scenes, and why the complexity may be a tradeoff worth making." this would be more useful to me. Specifically, like "why all the pieces" and comparing them to other solutions, which may be challenging.
Re: Why Kubernetes is so complex
#10I think the answer is hidden in the last paragraph. It was created by Google engineers to solve Google scale problems where they run maybe hunderds of thousands of services with a dedicated SRE team and massive tooling. For a small company, give me a way to run one container in an autoscable way and we can go from there.
Which is why kubernetes got adopted - everyone pretends they are Google, having Google problems, when they, in fact, don't.
This is a heretical idea in some circles. Utter it and expect to be ostracized. In my case it’s cost a few job offers when I’ve suggested that a few python processes running under supervisor (e.g.) would be more than sufficient. It has its place but that point lies at a stage of development and sophistication far beyond where most cargo-cult users are currently.