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Don't pile in on k8s criticism without familiarizing yourself, please. IMO it's a bit like Java for the cloud, the write once run anywhere bit (same caveats, b
by barrkel 8y ago
Don't pile in on k8s criticism without familiarizing yourself, please.
IMO it's a bit like Java for the cloud, the write once run anywhere bit (same caveats, but the win is still there). It intermediates the differences between cloud platforms. That alone makes it strategically worthwhile even if it was overcomplicated. But I don't think it is. Its core control loop is simple in principle, and the concepts and extension points fall out pretty naturally from it. It is a well-designed system at core and can support improvements over time without accruing cruft indefinitely, for example. Part of that makes it look like a bag of decoupled tools. But that's a strength of the system in the longer term.
- MBCook 8y agoI explicitly said I hadn’t used k8. I was simply commenting on the “it’s a complex thing so it had to be complex” line of reasoning. It’s faulty, you can make complex thing easier with good design.