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Re:Reclaim the Stack by mplewis on Monday September 09, 2024 @02:55AM (#41486067)
You seem to be misunderstanding. The components that add complexity in this case do not come from running a k8s cluster. They come from the Reclaim the Stack software.
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Re:Reclaim the Stack by imiric on Monday September 09, 2024 @04:18AM (#41486479)
Alright. So let's discuss how much time and effort it would take to build and maintain a Heroku replacement without k8s then.

Besides, GP's criticisms were squarely directed at k8s. For any non-trivial workloads, you will likely use operators and networking plugins. Any of these can have bugs, and will add complexity to the system. My point is that if you find any of those features valuable, then the overall cost would be much less than the alternatives.

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Re:Reclaim the Stack by Maxion on Monday September 09, 2024 @07:01AM (#41487271)
The alternative is not to build a different PaaS alternative, but to simply pay Heroku/AWS/Google/Indie PaaS providers and go back to making your core product.
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Re:Reclaim the Stack by imiric on Monday September 09, 2024 @08:34AM (#41487918)
Did you read the reasons they moved away from Heroku to begin with? Clearly what you mention wasn't an option for them, and they consider this project a success.
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