[remram]

I would really welcome more experimentation in the cluster process management space. Right now it's Kubernetes, Nomad, or solutions embedded into applications (e.g. cephadm).

It's a shame that this is an exact copy in a different language.

Kubernetes is nice but I can't wait to see what the next generation of tools will look like.

[cjk]

I really wish Flynn[1] had taken hold before Kubernetes became so popular. Deploying and managing apps was a hell of a lot less complex, and very Heroku-like.

Sadly, it's no longer being developed as of 3-4y ago.

[1]: https://github.com/flynn/flynn

[megapixel99]

I was thinking about making something that could compete with kubernetes, but I also wanted to use this project to learn more about the inner workings of kubernetes since I personally learn best when I create (or recreate) something.

Maybe in the future I will create something that could be a competitor.

[mikercampbell]

Not to be audacious, but I’m working on a post and will HN Show it, soon.

It’s called “lattice”, and it’s a software architecture with similar intentions as Kubernetes, but a vanilla approach that leans into existing frameworks instead of inventing things from scratch

[megapixel99]

Cool, I'd love to see it when it comes out!

[vbezhenar]

There's also docker swarm.

[mountainriver]

Discontinued

[nicce]

"Do not confuse Docker Swarm mode with Docker Classic Swarm which is no longer actively developed."

https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/

[sph]

Docker Swarm mode has been in maintenance mode for at least 5 years now. It's way to late to bet the house on a product that exists pretty much to support people that have bet on it, not to completely pull the rug under their feet.

I introduced Docker Swarm at work in 2018 and already there were rumours that since Kubernetes had won it was just a matter of time until Docker Swarm was fully abandoned.

[robertlagrant]

What's strange is Docker Compose is very slowly resurging. I almost feel like that with a few more primitves (e.g. nodes with tags) and you'd have a much simpler Kubernetes. Which a lot of people might like.

[davnicwil]

isn't the whole idea of docker compose that it's supposed to be single machine, though?

How likely do you think the introduction of a nodes primitive is given this?

I can see it if it were a strict opt in addition but it feels like it also fundamentally expands the scope of what the tool is.