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I sincerely hope that the author finds joy. Great things come from those unwilling to settle. But the Kubernetes riff was telling: when using a cloud provider

I sincerely hope that the author finds joy. Great things come from those unwilling to settle. But the Kubernetes riff was telling: when using a cloud provider, so much of the system management is provided. When we insist on DIY, we get to DIY. So maybe settling a bit here and there isn't catastrophic.

FabHK 5y ago
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” ― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago
  I always hate that quote. Much of the misery and suffering in the world also comes from the unreasonable man. Every tyrant is trying to adapt the world to himself. Every stalker is trying to adapt the world to himself. Every poacher is trying to adapt the world to himself. Every vandal is trying to adapt the world to himself. Many a murderer is trying to adapt the world to himself. Every person demanding Ivermectin to treat Covid is trying to adapt the world to himself. Trump spread the lies about the 2020 election trying to adapt the world to himself. In addition, the reasonable man is also adapting the world to himself. Every time you turn on the air conditioning or heat, you are adapting the world to yourself. Every human is trying at some level to adapt the world to himself while also recognizing that some things are easier to change than others. In addition, many of our greatest advances came from people who knew how the world worked and carefully pushed change along 1 dimension. Every scientist with a ground breaking discovery appreciates the fundamental laws of nature and works within those constraints. The quacks forever making perpetual motion machines are trying to adapt the world to themselves without realizing the constraints.
turminal 5y ago
> But the Kubernetes riff was telling: when using a cloud provider, so much of the sustem management is provided. Way too much for most usecases out there. And if you don't understand it, you can't fix it when it breaks.
- smitty1e 5y ago
  My point exactly. I qualitatively explain that "a virtual private 'cloud'" is essentially the old datacenter, and all its components. When we say K8s, it is a "puff", and we get to own all the complexity we put on the cloud provider. Probably there are some ninjas at the FANG companies who are savvy enough to keep their system fully saturated and maximize the cost/performance ratio of the resources. My little riff-raff team needs to squeeze the most functionality out of the services at hand and work off technical debt ahead of gettin' all fancy with all this new-fangled stuff.

FabHK 5y ago

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” ― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman

RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago
I always hate that quote. Much of the misery and suffering in the world also comes from the unreasonable man. Every tyrant is trying to adapt the world to himself. Every stalker is trying to adapt the world to himself. Every poacher is trying to adapt the world to himself. Every vandal is trying to adapt the world to himself. Many a murderer is trying to adapt the world to himself. Every person demanding Ivermectin to treat Covid is trying to adapt the world to himself. Trump spread the lies about the 2020 election trying to adapt the world to himself. In addition, the reasonable man is also adapting the world to himself. Every time you turn on the air conditioning or heat, you are adapting the world to yourself. Every human is trying at some level to adapt the world to himself while also recognizing that some things are easier to change than others. In addition, many of our greatest advances came from people who knew how the world worked and carefully pushed change along 1 dimension. Every scientist with a ground breaking discovery appreciates the fundamental laws of nature and works within those constraints. The quacks forever making perpetual motion machines are trying to adapt the world to themselves without realizing the constraints.

turminal 5y ago

> But the Kubernetes riff was telling: when using a cloud provider, so much of the sustem management is provided. Way too much for most usecases out there. And if you don't understand it, you can't fix it when it breaks.

smitty1e 5y ago
My point exactly. I qualitatively explain that "a virtual private 'cloud'" is essentially the old datacenter, and all its components. When we say K8s, it is a "puff", and we get to own all the complexity we put on the cloud provider. Probably there are some ninjas at the FANG companies who are savvy enough to keep their system fully saturated and maximize the cost/performance ratio of the resources. My little riff-raff team needs to squeeze the most functionality out of the services at hand and work off technical debt ahead of gettin' all fancy with all this new-fangled stuff.