Maybe You Don't Need Kubernetes

Re:Maybe You Don't Need Kubernetes by nothrabannosir on Friday March 22, 2019 @09:22PM (#19468456)

Sorry to see you're getting downvoted, but it's probably because that's just too long of a story to put in a comment. The parent you're replying to was being sarcastic: he meant to say, "well if we're going to pay other people to do our job, why stop at Heroku? why not pay squarespace even more money to do more work for us?" A reductio ad absurdum.

Ironically, he's right. But, as someone pointed out: Squarespace is probably not relevant in a conversation about Kubernetes, while Heroku is.

What Kubernetes is, is a long story. Suffice to say: if you don't know what it is, count your blessings. :)

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Re:Maybe You Don't Need Kubernetes by DoreenMichele on Friday March 22, 2019 @09:28PM (#19468485)

So, what I'm hearing is that my confusion is justified because Squarespace doesn't do what kubernetes and heroku do.

Is that accurate enough?

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Re:Maybe You Don't Need Kubernetes by Solar19 on Friday March 22, 2019 @11:14PM (#19468842)

Right. Squarespace is a hosting provider and website builder that anyone should be able to use to build a website, typically a smaller scale website like a blog or a small to medium online store / e-commerce site. It's similar to Wix, Weebly, WordPress.com, and the website builders that some hosting providers offer.

Kubernetes is a tool large companies use to manage a large number of servers. Google invented it and open-sourced it so now it's free for anyone to use. It's not something people would use for a single website unless it was a huge website that required lots of servers, like FoxNews.com or something.

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Re:Maybe You Don't Need Kubernetes by dankohn1 on Saturday March 23, 2019 @04:44AM (#19469630)

Kubernetes is a tool that lets Squarespace more efficiently host large numbers of websites on a smaller number of machines.

https://www.cncf.io/people/end-user-community/

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Re:Maybe You Don't Need Kubernetes by DoreenMichele on Friday March 22, 2019 @11:26PM (#19468878)

Thanks. That makes me feel a lot less stupid. It's much more in line with what I thought.

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Re:Maybe You Don't Need Kubernetes by nothrabannosir on Friday March 22, 2019 @09:37PM (#19468515)

yes, but that's on purpose. "This is about Kubernetes, stop changing the subject to Heroku." or something. it's hard to read sarcasm online.

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Re:Maybe You Don't Need Kubernetes by DoreenMichele on Friday March 22, 2019 @10:13PM (#19468633)

Thanks.

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