The Perfect Computer Needs Kubernetes

It has been working for 40+ years, it does the job, everybody using the system is familiar with it, it's robust (no network required), it's exceptionally easy to service and maintain (all through-hole technology on a single, comfortably large board), and the entire unit (computer, monitor, cassette drive) is rated at just 45 W (so it's probably using less than that.) Also, it's a beautiful machine adding a bit of joy to the work life. – Why should you want to change this? But surely this needs to be upgraded to run on a cloud hosted Kubernetes instance? With Karpenter to dynamically scale up an down resources as needed? Supported by a ten people Infosec/SRE team

A discussion contrasts a reliable, low-power retro computer that has worked for decades with an absurd proposal to replace it with a cloud-hosted Kubernetes setup supported by a large Infosec/SRE team. The joke mocks unnecessary modernization, overengineering, and the tendency to use complex cloud infrastructure when a simple system already works. EN: A discussion contrasts a reliable, low-power retro computer that has worked for decades with an absurd proposal to replace it with a cloud-hosted Kubernetes setup supported by a large Infosec/SRE team. The joke mocks unnecessary modernization, overengineering, and the tendency to use complex cloud infrastructure when a simple system already works.

• @gentoomemes / 5256 2023-07-11