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by a_imho 2678 days ago
What are some example where you think Kubernetes is the right choice?
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auslander 2678 days ago
When you have to run many different apps from 3rd party devs, having standard deployment format helps. Or on-demand apps, like ETL jobs.

Containers offer not much benefit if you're cloud native - you already have VMs and heaps of automation APIs.

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geggam 2678 days ago
Google, Facebook, AOL , Oath/Y!

When you have a large scale platform with millions of users and you need to add / remove / change services at some marketing teams whim

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a_imho 2678 days ago
Do they run on kubernetes though?
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majewsky 2678 days ago
Google runs on its own container system, Borg. Kubernetes is a free reimplementation of Borg sponsored by Google.
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a_imho 2678 days ago
So one of them rounded up?

I don't have hands on experience with kubernetes and a quite a bit skeptical because of its supposed complexity. Would be interested in success stories though where kubernetes magic was the much needed secret sauce.

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auslander 2678 days ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18953647
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