How “It works in my machine” turns to “It works in my container”

Re:How “It works in my machine” turns to “It works in my con... by rad_gruchalski on Thursday July 27, 2023 @04:49AM (#36890722)

I like your point of view. I started working with software more than 20 years ago and did my fair share of VMs, bare metal, ESXi 3.5, and so on.

However, we live in the world where the choice we have for new hires is: a) teach them all of those OS fundamentals, b) give them Docker.

This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t strive to teach said new developers all those underlying concepts, but when we talk about training juniors and have them contribute relatively quickly, it’s a much smaller surface area to bite through.

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Re:How “It works in my machine” turns to “It works in my con... by saurik on Thursday July 27, 2023 @06:02AM (#36891293)

Docker doesn't solve having to know OS fundamentals as both the inside and the outside of the container have an OS, and now you additionally have to know how to communicate between the former and the latter.

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Re:How “It works in my machine” turns to “It works in my con... by rad_gruchalski on Thursday July 27, 2023 @06:38AM (#36891587)

> This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t strive to teach said new developers all those underlying concepts

That's what I said.

Furthermore, the operations team needs to know. Yes. A junior person can contribute almost immediately with a limited surface knowledge.

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