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In 2016 John Willis was with Docker and he gave a talk where he casually recommended a book called The Box [1] about how shipping containers have shaped the mod
by russellendicott 6y ago
In 2016 John Willis was with Docker and he gave a talk where he casually recommended a book called The Box [1] about how shipping containers have shaped the modern world. When I was reading it there was a part where they talk about how the logistics optimization problem caused the major shippers to be some of the earliest adopters of computers. Interesting book.
[1] - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/316767.The_Box https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/316767.The_Box
- gimboland 6y agoThe podcast "Containers" also covers how shipping containers have shaped the mordern world — well worth a listen, though I don't recall it mentioning this aspect of their logistics.
- ghaff 6y agoThat book has a lot of interesting lessons to draw from [1] and that was even before they became a ubiquitous analogy for various things related to software containers. Sun's Jonathan Schwartz was talking up this book in the late 90s. Three I picked out were: - Existing infrastructure matters (e.g. SuezMax) - Standards matter (container size and handling needed to be standardized) - Process matters (e.g. containers needed changes to the way loading and unloading was done, and hence changes to labor agreements, at major ports) [1] https://www.cnet.com/news/three-lessons-from-the-shipping-container/ https://www.cnet.com/news/three-lessons-from-the-shipping-co...