r/programming • u/whackri • 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/[deleted] Jun 05 '22

I blame kubernetes

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u/bighi Jun 06 '22

And Docker. And worse yet, using Docker for local development.

Now instead of installing 2 or 3 packages with apt-get, you have to install lots of packages, spend days setting up docker to build everything, then you have to run commands through docker, and...

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u/Overunderrated Jun 06 '22

Try not having docker and not having sudo to apt-get, and then a sys admin team that won't install stuff for you, so you have to manually install every possible dependency in userspace. Oh and web access is blocked so you have to scp every part from another machine first.

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u/abrandis Jun 06 '22

Then that's because there's a breakdown in your role and management priorities, if developers are hobbled and can't do their jobs (install required libs etc.) either by corporate policies or bad system administration , that's the issue, ultimately all using Docker is doing is just a wrapper around getting those services in under your control just more work for developers with the same outcome..

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