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While the article makes some good valid points about docker's shortcomings, it is full of strong assertions made entirely from the author's blind spots. Comes

While the article makes some good valid points about docker's shortcomings, it is full of strong assertions made entirely from the author's blind spots. Comes off as a boomer rant more than anything.

henriquez 3y ago
How’s this for a boomer rant. I never used Docker because in my day we didn’t use virtual machines. We FTP’ed files to the PHP server, on port 21. Somewhere along the way all these Gen-Z kids started writing GraphQL APIs in TypeScript transpiled Cofee’node and pushing the Docker VMs to the Nomad Kubernetes Azure. I didn’t read the article but the curse of Docker is that kids think they’re better than me. After all I’ve accomplished! I had to buy a 165hz monitor to keep up with them in Counter Strike: Go, and my cholesterol is at an all time max.
- Timber-6539 3y ago
  What those kids probably did that you few admins couldn't while using "your" FTP and other antiquated tools, was to reduce the friction for anyone who wanted to maintain a server. Embrace new technology or be left behind. I can't think of anything in the past decade that has made more strides in software distribution than docker has.
  - otabdeveloper4 3y ago
    Administering a server full of random docker-compose.yml's downloaded from the Internet is a nightmare. We got rid of Docker from all our production servers. Docker is technical debt in box.
    - seec 3y ago
      My experience exactly. I honestly don't know how someone can think that Docker is a solution to anything. At best it's a shortcut for the lazy and incompetent but it doesn't lead to a bright future. Of course, the people setting up this kind of crap are never really responsible for actually maintaining the thing properly so they don't have to care. Of and it creates a lot of job positions that are kind of interchangeable regardless of actual competency. The whole thing is a poor attempt at Fordism for software development.

While the article makes some good valid points about docker's shortcomings, it is full of strong assertions made entirely from the author's blind spots. Comes off as a boomer rant more than anything.

henriquez 3y ago

How’s this for a boomer rant. I never used Docker because in my day we didn’t use virtual machines. We FTP’ed files to the PHP server, on port 21. Somewhere along the way all these Gen-Z kids started writing GraphQL APIs in TypeScript transpiled Cofee’node and pushing the Docker VMs to the Nomad Kubernetes Azure. I didn’t read the article but the curse of Docker is that kids think they’re better than me. After all I’ve accomplished! I had to buy a 165hz monitor to keep up with them in Counter Strike: Go, and my cholesterol is at an all time max.

Timber-6539 3y ago
What those kids probably did that you few admins couldn't while using "your" FTP and other antiquated tools, was to reduce the friction for anyone who wanted to maintain a server. Embrace new technology or be left behind. I can't think of anything in the past decade that has made more strides in software distribution than docker has.
- otabdeveloper4 3y ago
  Administering a server full of random docker-compose.yml's downloaded from the Internet is a nightmare. We got rid of Docker from all our production servers. Docker is technical debt in box.
  - seec 3y ago
    My experience exactly. I honestly don't know how someone can think that Docker is a solution to anything. At best it's a shortcut for the lazy and incompetent but it doesn't lead to a bright future. Of course, the people setting up this kind of crap are never really responsible for actually maintaining the thing properly so they don't have to care. Of and it creates a lot of job positions that are kind of interchangeable regardless of actual competency. The whole thing is a poor attempt at Fordism for software development.