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You don't really need AWS for personal weekend type of projects or small startups but for large companies, they seem to be accelerating their dependence on AWS
by fibonacc 4y ago
You don't really need AWS for personal weekend type of projects or small startups but for large companies, they seem to be accelerating their dependence on AWS and its not a bad thing imho, it means a standard is emerging and companies are voting with their money.
kubernetes on the other hand....think will be replaced by fargate/ecs, I still struggle to know why startups with a dozen container services need kubernetes. Not having opinionated standard creates so much complexity with endless amount of configurations.
- cheriot 4y agoAWS: proprietary APIs implemented by one vendor K8S: many vendors collaborating on a API they all implement I'd call kubernetes the emerging standard.
- gfarah 4y agoCompanies (even small startups) working in regulated spaces can benefit from using the public cloud for the compliance aspect. More than once I've had a regulator ask me for X or Y security certifications, very easy to point to the list that ECS has, much harder to do if running on IaaS or in bare metal.
- fibonacc 4y agoexactly, yes you have to pay the piper but there are real contractual liability shift away from the operator by going with aws