Re:Ask HN: As a web developer, do I have to know what Docker...
by stephenr on Thursday October 26, 2017 @05:39AM
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> I see a lot of people learning and using BuzzWord solutions for problems that they don't have.
THIS more than anything is the biggest issue I have when dealing with clients.
"Hey we need your expertise, this is our problem and we want to use <Docker/Kubernetes/AWS/MongoDB/<$NAME YOU COOL KID FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH>".
Thankfully, most people will listen to reason when you point out how $X won't actually solve their problem but $Y (which they've likely never heard of or dismissed because it's not being hyped by VC funded startups trying to defend their own poor choices) could.
THIS more than anything is the biggest issue I have when dealing with clients.
"Hey we need your expertise, this is our problem and we want to use <Docker/Kubernetes/AWS/MongoDB/<$NAME YOU COOL KID FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH>".
Thankfully, most people will listen to reason when you point out how $X won't actually solve their problem but $Y (which they've likely never heard of or dismissed because it's not being hyped by VC funded startups trying to defend their own poor choices) could.