> When I read these anti-kubernetes articles, of which there is one every couple of months, I think of an analogy with tailors. I mean, a made-to-measure garment is strictly superior to what you can buy from Old Navy. If you take a tailor into Old Navy you would probably get a similar rant about how badly made the clothing there is. I also recognize that everything that Kubernetes/Docker is doing could be replicated more simply and with greater craftsmanship.
But down in reality, most companies are probably running their own made-to-measure deployment and operation schemes with lower quality and consistency than Old Navy.
Of course, just as many tailors back in the day were likely to make clothing worse than Old Navy makes today. We fetishize the top 1% of masters as if the average quality is anywhere near that.
Again, it reminds me of a carpenter friend who hates Ikea. Yeah, I get it, Ikea is really bad compared to custom built furniture. No one who buys it expects anything else.
This story is older than the industrial revolution. Craftsman being replaced by technology. We even instinctually know this is going to happen to knowledge workers but we seem blind to it when it happens to us.
But down in reality, most companies are probably running their own made-to-measure deployment and operation schemes with lower quality and consistency than Old Navy.