Accidental complexity, accidental complexity, accidental complexity and when we use a tool that is designed for problem A for a problem B it is not sufficiently dealing with complexity. This is why we need a new tool.
While a bit of a hot take, you're not wrong. We need something that's less scalability focused than Kubernetes/Mesos/Docker Swarm but that doesn't put too much burden on application developers. Something that focuses on being secure, reliable, and understandable, in that order. I'm not aware of anything going for that niche. That means a new tool is in order.
I think we need a composable system but I am not sure if the current frame where this problem and these tools exist is good enough. We might need to rethink how we handle access and usage patterns well. I only have wrong answers. Docker compose is amazing for local dev env, k8s is terrible for production. These are my experiences with this domain.
Accidental complexity, accidental complexity, accidental complexity and when we use a tool that is designed for problem A for a problem B it is not sufficiently dealing with complexity. This is why we need a new tool.
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