[HN Gopher] Running servers and services well is not trivial
       ___________________________________________________________________
        
       Running servers and services well is not trivial
        
       Author : kiyanwang
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2020-02-17 08:28 UTC (14 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (utcc.utoronto.ca)
 (TXT) w3m dump (utcc.utoronto.ca)
        
       | lykr0n wrote:
       | This is true to some extent. I'm building out the infrastructure
       | for my company, and there is a lot of effort on my part required
       | to automate stuff.
       | 
       | Something like kafka requires figuring out the configuration you
       | want, putting that into Salt, adding the correct configuration
       | options, deploying it and making sure zookeeper works, and then
       | generating certificates and what not. It's not a simple process.
       | 
       | Setting up monitoring, and other things like floating IPs is a
       | pain. Custom wrappers for Terraform scripts and other components
       | required to deploy the systems you need to run an app. It's a lot
        
       | eandre wrote:
       | This is certainly true, but it strikes me that the solution must
       | be a move towards simpler primitives so that managing a cloud-
       | based piece of software doesn't require so many moving parts.
        
         | AlchemistCamp wrote:
         | On the other hand Alan Kay has made powerful arguments that
         | systems can be made much simpler if only their building blocks
         | were slightly less simple! It's a tough question.
         | 
         | https://youtu.be/NdSD07U5uBs?t=319
        
       ___________________________________________________________________
       (page generated 2020-02-17 23:00 UTC)