From 1aa43e960a9fe7bc0d87042316d740266512bfe2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Buetow Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:02:17 +0300 Subject: add link --- gemfeed/atom.xml | 6 ++++-- gemfeed/index.gmi | 2 +- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/gemfeed/atom.xml b/gemfeed/atom.xml index 51bcd715..0b8257ad 100644 --- a/gemfeed/atom.xml +++ b/gemfeed/atom.xml @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - 2021-09-12T09:42:22+03:00 + 2021-09-24T12:02:07+03:00 buetow.org feed Having fun with computers! @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ / ************ \ / ************ \ -------------------- -------------------- -

Written by Paul Buetow 2021-09-12

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Written by Paul Buetow 2021-09-12, last updated 2021-09-24

A robust computer system must be kept simple and stupid (KISS). The fancier the system is, the more can break. Unfortunately, most systems tend to become complex and challenging to maintain in today's world. In the early days, so I was told, engineers understood every part of the system, but nowadays, we see more of the "lasagna" stack. One layer or framework is built on top of another layer, and in the end, nobody has got a clue what's going on.

Need faster hardware

This not just makes the system much more complex, difficult to maintain and challenging to troubleshoot, but also slow. So more experts are needed to support it. Also, newer and faster hardware is required to make it run smoothly. Often, it's so much easier to buy speedier hardware than rewrite a whole system from scratch from the bottom-up. The latter would require much more resources in the short run, but in the long run, it should pay off. Unfortunately, many project owners scare away from it as they only want to get their project done and then move on.

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Maybe the younger generation knows all of this already after graduation, but then they are missing other critical parts of the system for sure. I have seen engineers who knew about containers and how to configure resource restrictions for a Docker container managed via k8s but have never heard the terms Linux control groups and Linux namespaces. So obviously, there is some knowledge gap of the underlying architecture. This can be a big problem when you have to troubleshoot such a system during a production incident and k8s adds a lot of abstraction to the mix which doesn't make it easier.

Coming back to COBOL, k8s is on its way to becoming something similar. One day, k8s might not be the hottest tech stuff everyone wants to use. But there will be still many legacy k8s clusters around but not enough experts available to manage those:

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-kubernetes-is-our-modern-day-cobol-says-a-tech-expert/
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Another article which stroke me is:

+Today's Students Don't Understand the Basics of Computer Operations

The bloated web

Another example is the modern web. Have you ever wondered why the internet becomes slower and slower nowadays? The modern web is so much like lasagna that I decided to use Gemini to be the primary protocol of my website. The HTML version of this website is just a fallback as many visitors don't know what Gemini is and don't have any compatible software installed for surfing the Geminispace:

2021-04-24-welcome-to-the-geminispace.html
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