> Imagine spending a lot of time and money picking out the best possible gear for a hobby before actually starting the hobby.
Haha, this is exactly what “hobby” means to a lot of people. Less judgmental: thinking and dreaming about the right tools in disproportion to the need is something people do a lot, presumably because it is a source of joy.
That bit was pretty interesting to me as well, because that's exactly what many people do. I don't agree that this is what "hobby" means, it's more that we tend to try to buy our way into a life style.
I feel that Kubernetes is exactly that for a large number of developers, operations people less so, they want to be part of a professional, world class, trendy environment/community. So they try leverage Kubernetes to elevate them to this Silicon Valley type tech company.
There's absolutely value to be had from Kubernetes, but I agree with the article, it's not for the majority. Except I think there is one valid reasoning: If you purely see Kubernetes as tooling for deployment, it's hard to present any good alternatives for deploying to VMs or physical hardware.
You know these types of people who like to wear army clothes to look bad-ass even though they are wimps?
I see it the same type of folks as ones using FAANG tooling :) just so they can feel better about their job or more important when they work on business line CRUD.
I am working on business line CRUD and I like it with boring servers :)
Haha, this is exactly what “hobby” means to a lot of people. Less judgmental: thinking and dreaming about the right tools in disproportion to the need is something people do a lot, presumably because it is a source of joy.