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I wish there were more people like you around. The real mess I see coming, or, I should say, which has already happened, is summarised below. As the IT world l

I wish there were more people like you around. The real mess I see coming, or, I should say, which has already happened, is summarised below. As the IT world loses the freedom through the "productarisation" of everything and the wish of an unreasonable, lofty simplification our jobs become un-skilled, payed less, and a bunch of inept lead the way towards the disaster. The rub is that there is not single answer, each IT project has its own peculiarities and history, I mean, of course there are patterns but Docker won't solve all problems, nor Python nor Go. It depends. To unravel the complexity of the current problem at hand you need expert people, not only products and buzz words seller/buyer. I argue that sometimes by hiring good people you would probably save the money you spend an all the hassle, licenses, bug, that those "mature" products come with. There are some wise of companies around but the reality I see is that they over-spend on their IT infrastracture as the management, who has no idea, follows the craze. All this will come back as more and more of those companies go burst, but we need to wise up not to get hurt ourselves. The rub is that to run a middle-big infrastructure, or to run a software company, you do need competent people and there are not too many of them around, I am afraid.

untog 8y ago
Your post seems to suggest that we shouldn't use Docker and instead we should hire... smart people? Those are two entirely separate things. > The rub is that there is not single answer, each IT project has its own peculiarities and history, I mean, of course there are patterns but Docker won't solve all problems, nor Python nor Go. It depends. Docker goes a long way to solving exactly that problem, though. It allows you cover any variety of peculiarities and history by tailoring each and every app's environment appropriately. You seem to dislike Docker because it is buzz-worthy. Sometimes the buzz is onto something.
- pulsarpietro 8y ago
  We are far apart in our view of the industry and that's OK, but I feel I work in the fashion industry, not an engineering one, which is what I wanted to stress. There is too much confusion around and way too much marketing, it all seems new and it is not, which does not mean it is good, it depends.

untog 8y ago

Your post seems to suggest that we shouldn't use Docker and instead we should hire... smart people? Those are two entirely separate things. > The rub is that there is not single answer, each IT project has its own peculiarities and history, I mean, of course there are patterns but Docker won't solve all problems, nor Python nor Go. It depends. Docker goes a long way to solving exactly that problem, though. It allows you cover any variety of peculiarities and history by tailoring each and every app's environment appropriately. You seem to dislike Docker because it is buzz-worthy. Sometimes the buzz is onto something.

pulsarpietro 8y ago
We are far apart in our view of the industry and that's OK, but I feel I work in the fashion industry, not an engineering one, which is what I wanted to stress. There is too much confusion around and way too much marketing, it all seems new and it is not, which does not mean it is good, it depends.