Re:Maybe You Don't Need Kubernetes (2019)
by rooam-dev on Monday January 13, 2020 @10:22AM
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"BTW, learning Kubernetes can be done in a few days. " - Learn something in a few days and the ability to run it in production are completely 2 different things. Security, upgrades and troubleshooting cannot be learned in couple of days.
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Anyone who starts doing anything "in production" based on a "maybe you don't need k8s" article should step back and think about whether they are the right person to put things into production.
Are you bootstrapping your stealth-mode side-project? Pick whatever you think is best, but think about the time value of operations. (So maybe just pick a managed k8s.)
Are you responsible for a system that handles transactions worth millions of dollars every day? Then maybe, again you should seek the counsel of professionals.
Otherwise these articles are just half-empty fuel cans for an (educated?) dumpster fire.
That said HashiCorp stuff is almost guaranteed to be amazing. I haven't even looked at Nomad, but I think anybody starting out with orchestration stuff should give it a go, and when they think they have outgrown it they will know what's next. Maybe k8s, maybe something else.