Docker Is Being Used for Everything

MAN, DOCKER IS BEING USED FOR EVERYTHING I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. STORY TIME! ONCE, LONG AGO, I WANTED TO USE AN OLD TABLET AS A WALL DISPLAY. I HAD AN APP AND A CALENDAR WEBPAGE THAT I WANTED TO SHOW SIDE BY SIDE, BUT THE OS DIDN'T HAVE SPLIT-SCREEN SUPPORT. SO I DECIDED TO BUILD MY OWN APP. LIVE CAM I DOWNLOADED THE SDK AND THE IDE, REGISTERED AS A DEVELOPER, AND STARTED READING THE LANGUAGE'S DOCS. ...THEN I REALIZED IT WOULD BE WAY EASIER TO GET TWO SMALLER PHONES TO BUY AND GLUE THEM TOGETHER. LIVE CAM ON THAT DAY, I ACHIEVED SOFTWARE ENLIGHTENMENT. BUT YOU NEVER LEARNED TO WRITE SOFTWARE. NO, I JUST LEARNED HOW TO GLUE TOGETHER STUFF THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I...OK, FAIR.

A stick-figure programmer explains how he planned to build a custom app for displaying a webcam and calendar side by side on an old tablet. Instead, he realizes it is easier to glue two smaller phones together, calling this “software enlightenment.” The joke mocks overengineering and the tendency to solve software problems with absurd hardware hacks. EN: A stick-figure programmer explains how he planned to build a custom app for displaying a webcam and calendar side by side on an old tablet. Instead, he realizes it is easier to glue two smaller phones together, calling this “software enlightenment.” The joke mocks overengineering and the tendency to solve software problems with absurd hardware hacks.

• @profunctor_io / 831 2018-05-03