Re:Kubernetes Failure Stories
by goatinaboat on Friday February 12, 2021 @07:38AM
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There's also very much a tendency to make things complicated in many workplaces as a form of job security and gatekeeping
It’s not only that it’s also boredom. Cranking out another cookie-cutter app can be much more fun if you do it in a novel way. Basically all the incentives are aligned towards exotic over-engineering rather than boring, safe but actually perfectly good choices. The danger will come if any savvy manager figures out what this costs them. So we’re probably all safe but you never know.
It’s not only that it’s also boredom. Cranking out another cookie-cutter app can be much more fun if you do it in a novel way. Basically all the incentives are aligned towards exotic over-engineering rather than boring, safe but actually perfectly good choices. The danger will come if any savvy manager figures out what this costs them. So we’re probably all safe but you never know.