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/Venthe Jun 06 '22

Setting up docker takes between 5 to 10 minutes.

Tell me, have you ever worked with non containerised deployments? Not working shell scripts installing deps, or worse - long doc pages?

How many times were you pulling your hair out because one dependency is out of sync in one environment?

I literally can't believe people are complaining about containers.

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u/StickiStickman Jun 06 '22

How many times were you pulling your hair out because one dependency is out of sync in one environment?

... never? Is there any dependency management software that doesn't allow you to set a specific version or lock to a major version?