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K3s seems like a terrible name, given how people will be confused with the numeronym for Kubernetes.
by paddw 4y ago
K3s seems like a terrible name, given how people will be confused with the numeronym for Kubernetes.
- apetresc 4y agoThat's the joke, though? It's k8s, but "smaller".
- mulmen 4y agoWhat are the three letters? It only makes sense for being confusing, which is the base state of Kubernetes. "Our name is literally a complex joke about complexity" doesn't inspire confidence in a project that supposedly simplifies complexity.
- sakisv 4y agoWell, for me the whole replace-letters-with-numbers thing is idiotic and requires some inside knowledge to understand which letters are replaced by all the numbers in words like a11y i19n k8s, etc. On the bright side you can put whatever you want there. Personally I read k3s as "kerts", because why not. Similar to "thirds" but with the "t" from kubernetes.
- legerdemain 4y agoKubernetes is often shortened to k8s, which is often pronounced "kates," which is further shortened to k3s.
- mulmen 4y agoIsn't it actually keigths which means it should be k5s?
- redundantly 4y agoKubernetes reads like kubern-eight-es so k8s is the shorthand. k3s is a pared down version of k8s, which is illustrated by the number 3 being chosen because it looks like an 8 sliced in half.
- redundantly 4y agoNever mind, I'm wrong: https://docs.k3s.io/ https://docs.k3s.io/ "What's with the name? We wanted an installation of Kubernetes that was half the size in terms of memory footprint. Kubernetes is a 10-letter word stylized as K8s. So something half as big as Kubernetes would be a 5-letter word stylized as K3s. There is no long form of K3s and no official pronunciation."
- mcmcmc 4y agoThe three letters are k, 3, and s
- mulmen 4y agoThe 3 is supposed to be short for three other letters. What are they?
- paulryanrogers 4y agoPerhaps u,b,e
- mhink 4y agoThey took a chunk out of the left side of the "8", leaving "3". At least, that's how I've always interpreted it.
- infogulch 4y agokubernetes -> k8s k8s -> k3s Double numeronym'd
- joshmanders 4y agoWouldn't k8s -> k1s then?
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- postalrat 4y agok1s -> k.1s
- tetraodonpuffer 4y agoIt is a pretty decent name since you can easily search for information about it, unlike say “kind” (which I typically use for development) which is absolutely un-googleable