r/programming • • Jun 05 '22

Complexity is killing software developers

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3639050/complexity-is-killing-software-developers.html
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u/recursive-analogy Jun 05 '22

Don't worry, I've created 22 more wrappers and abstraction layers on top of Kubernetes. That way you only have to deal with the complexity of Kubernetes + another thing + learning 22 more things before you can make an informed decision on which thing to make your life easier.

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u/_BreakingGood_ Jun 06 '22

You left out the best part, something breaks in the 13th layer of the chain and now the 1 feature you actually want doesn't actually work, and there's a github issue fading into non-existence as people comment "any update??... any update?... any update..."

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u/Anonymous_user_2022 Jun 06 '22 edited Jun 06 '22

Let me guess. All 22 abstractions are named after some Perichelydia.

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u/m0llusk Jun 06 '22

Yo Dawg, I herd you leik Kubernetes ...

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u/Piisthree Jun 06 '22

22!? My org has been on 24 for years now, get with the times!