I feel like k8s is the new Linux. It gives you so much out of the box, and you can tap into such rich ecosystem, that the perceived complexity is well justified.
> This almost is not ever true for software startups, who get more value from speed, flexibility, and not needing to pay a team to manage hardware. Just let [cloud services company] handle it for you until you reach that point.
This is an old myth. Today you can get dedicated servers provisioned in minutes with an API call. A competent DevOps person can manage 10s if not 100s with proper automation. When you have a certain baseline usage of compute moving to dedicated can give you massive savings. And if you're a heavy user of say, RDS, the cost difference can be even more dramatic while also gaining on performance. For ephemeral workloads, testing, etc. the cloud makes sense of course.
I'd say testing/CI is one of the best cases for renting dedicated metal because of the huge speed increase available, everyone hates slow CI, and CI workers are easy to setup so if hw fails (it probably won't) it's not a big deal, you don't need to scale up again immediately.
How long are we going to keep filling their pockets and let them do whatever. Oil money already owns much of European soccer and now they started doing the same with golf. And we're just sitting here watching it happen.
It will not end. If anything it'll get worse. It's become a tracking mechanism which management loves. There's also a gazillion agencies out there that will push for it as that daily meeting makes it look like there's constant progress, even if most people BS their way thru half the meetings.
I'm so grateful for Xfce, it's been my desktop for maybe 15 years. Such a godsend in a world where every other UI gets more bloated and less usable over time.
It might be counterproductive If you're only running or doing cardio at the gym. Try to add resistance training and put on some muscle. It's not just for looks having a a good amount of muscle makes you healthier overall.
