Re:The full-time job of keeping up with Kubernetes
by jrochkind1 on Thursday February 01, 2018 @11:44PM
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I think people have a limit of the number of "things" they can learn too. One big thing is one thing, 10 tiny things are 10 things. 10 things you have to learn, and then figure out the optimal (or tolerable) way for them to all work together.
The original unix utilities had the benefit of (compared to now) being in a relatively simple environment, and a (much more) relatively small developer community, and a clear shared architecture understanding between and among utility and systems designers. They almost end up being more different commands or subsystems of one 'thing' then a 'thing' of their own. This is very hard to do. Unix succeeded because it was succesful at it.
Once, for instance, you say "oh yeah, we want just like this, except not just text streams", as you suggest -- it gets even harder. Especially in today's environment which is not that of the unix origin.
The original unix utilities had the benefit of (compared to now) being in a relatively simple environment, and a (much more) relatively small developer community, and a clear shared architecture understanding between and among utility and systems designers. They almost end up being more different commands or subsystems of one 'thing' then a 'thing' of their own. This is very hard to do. Unix succeeded because it was succesful at it.
Once, for instance, you say "oh yeah, we want just like this, except not just text streams", as you suggest -- it gets even harder. Especially in today's environment which is not that of the unix origin.