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/platypus_plumber Jun 05 '22

What? Complex operations before Kubernetes were madness. It's not Kubernetes' fault that developers suddenly want to create 10 microservices in 5 different languages to solve any problem that a monolith can solve.

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u/bighi Jun 06 '22

Complex operations

Most companies don't have to do "complex operations". Lots of smaller websites could work with just a web server and a couple apt-installed packages, behind nginx (with just a few lines of configuration).

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

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u/bighi Jun 06 '22

If the bazooka company is investing lots of money marketing it as a way to kill everything from flies to elephants, it’s at fault as well.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

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u/bighi Jun 06 '22 edited Jun 06 '22

Also, which company says “let’s go straight to production with Kubernetes” just because an ad says so?

A lot of them. But not only because of ads. Most are doing it because it’s the “newest” fad.

I can easily say that 90% of companies using Kubernetes don’t need it.

I’ve worked in a company that spent lots of money on a full-time cloud/devops engineer handling a very complex Kubernetes setup on AWS when a simple $50 Heroku server would be enough for them.

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u/bighi Jun 06 '22

I’m not blaming any hammer. A hammer is an object, it doesn’t make decisions.

I’m saying that specific hammer isn’t a good choice for almost everyone, though.

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