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> Kubernetes is an ecosystem for managing software deployed on a fleet. There's value in that even if it's two or three hosts. there's value yes, but there's a
by preseinger 4y ago
> Kubernetes is an ecosystem for managing software deployed on a fleet. There's value in that even if it's two or three hosts.
there's value yes, but there's also cost, and that cost is huge
> Kubernetes on a managed platform just happens to cover many pieces that you still need to solve otherwise
i do not need to solve the vast majority of things that kubernetes solves
certainly not in 2-3 node deployments, very likely not in 10-50 node deployments
> I run Kubernetes at home. It's fine. It's less work than anything comparable I've ever encountered.
your "fine" rests on a base level of knowledge which is enormous, certainly incompatible with p99 of users
- xyzzy_plugh 4y agoIt's not a huge cost. This is ludicrous. Sign up for a free account on GCP and walk through their getting started guide and you'll have stuff running in under an hour. > your "fine" rests on a base level of knowledge which is enormous, certainly incompatible with p99 of users I doubt it. I have far, far more experience running services on bare metal pizza boxes in 48U racks in PoPs all over the world, but that is a base level of knowledge that actually is enormous and certainly incompatible with p99 of my pool of potential colleagues. If you can figure out how to run a serverless app, you can figure out Kubernetes. It's not rocket science.
- preseinger 4y agohow long it takes to deploy a trivial app is not representative of the costs required to responsibly maintain a non-trivial app in production kubernetes is non-controversially more complex than running on bare metal