Re:Kubernetes is our generation's Multics
by rebelos on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @09:03PM
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"I don't know what to think when I meet engineers who know TCP/IP but don't quite understand how photons are transmitted over fiber."
"I don't know what to think when I meet engineers who know UNIX but don't quite understand assembly."
What you quoted is tantamount to the lament of a dinosaur that has ample time to observe the meteor approaching and yet refuses to move away from the blast zone.
Less facetiously: the history of progress in most domains, and especially computing, is in part a process of building atop successive layers of abstraction to increase productivity and unlock new value. Anyone who doesn't see this really hasn't been paying attention.
"I don't know what to think when I meet engineers who know UNIX but don't quite understand assembly."
What you quoted is tantamount to the lament of a dinosaur that has ample time to observe the meteor approaching and yet refuses to move away from the blast zone.
Less facetiously: the history of progress in most domains, and especially computing, is in part a process of building atop successive layers of abstraction to increase productivity and unlock new value. Anyone who doesn't see this really hasn't been paying attention.