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So I use custom written scripts to deploy instead of Capistrano. Automatically I'm a lower level developer according to this chart. And somehow using docker is
by joshribakoff 9y ago
So I use custom written scripts to deploy instead of Capistrano. Automatically I'm a lower level developer according to this chart. And somehow using docker is objectively better than Capistrano? I disagree. There are pros and cons. Docker adds complexity and has "setup costs" just because someone uses the simpler tool doesn't mean they are any less of a developer. If anything it shows pragmatism and humility
- scaryclam 9y agoThere's a lot wrong with this article. The matrix feels really rather cargo-culty to me. If deployment is pushing one file then use scp. If it's coordinating a world wide fleet of servers, use something more sophisticated. I find it funny that we've seen a "You're not Google" article today, and then this gets posted. At the end of the day, as long as you've cut out as many manual steps as you can, without being stupid about it (don't spend two weeks creating an all singing all dancing deployment pipeline for a microsite that's going away in three weeks), you should be happy with how you're doing things, regarding deployment. If that's running scripts, so be it.
- dasmoth 9y agoThe matrix feels really rather cargo-culty to me. If deployment is pushing one file then use scp. If it's coordinating a world wide fleet of servers, use something more sophisticated. Agreed. And critically, if you can stay in a world where scp deployment (or something comparably simple) is working well, that's a good thing.
- hueving 9y agoThis article is designed purely to stroke the egos of people that feel the need to constantly chase the latest hype.