1) Take any trending tech, write a cynical piece about it. 2) Post to Hacker News 3) Repost to Hacker News 4) Rake in the internet points.
Improved experience? No. Suggested alternatives? No. Made the world a better place? No. Helped original OSS authors out? No.
Had Fun? Maybe.
Wrote a book about how to use docker effectively that you can see at the bottom of the post? Yes.
Didnt read the article and came to HN to make a pithy post? Yes.
Achieved the goal intended. Not really.
Sometimes pointing the idiocy in a new development (and the IT world is a set of one BS snake-oil cure after another with some decent technology slowly progressing intermingled) is enough to make the world a better place.
The author, Ian, actually does a great job of explaining Docker and it's use in this post.
I think you misunderstand the situation. Ian Miell, the author of the blog post, wrote an analysis and explanation of a joke video created by someone else, Avishai Ish-Shalom.
Not being familiar with Docker, I found Ian's explanation and honest acknowledgement of its downsides and limitations to be very informative.
It makes developers just a little more skeptical of the latest hot new thing it probably has made the world a better place.
Today's overhyped technology is tomorrow's legacy garbage.
I can't follow what's written in subtitle. I really tried hard, but no - my mind doesn't follow subtitle. What's the point of doing so with audible audio?