I’m quite good at resisting the latest hype and in the early years of docker it was exactly that and, more importantly, I had no reason to use it.

Some years ago I had some epic battles with deploying some fancy software in several environments including online and internally on-premise servers.

I do like challenges but some experiences get old fast. Understanding why your software is failing when deployed, fixing deployment configuration files etc. The cognitive load becomes heavy having to remember, check and fix. On top of that deployment environments always differ enough to somehow require individual attention.

So, thats when the lightbulb switched on in my head. Using (docker) containers has completely removed these adventures in deployment. And I’m very happy about this, I don’t have to deal with that stress anymore.

Now, with more experience and a black belt in container kung fu, I’m understanding what the hype around kubernetes may mean but I’m also sensing that a David is around the corner to knock down this Goliath.