davidgl

100 points for the term Slopforest :-)

Great insightful comment !

It can use sqlite (single master), or for cluster it can use pg, or mysql, but etcd by default

Gitlab supports references between projects as well, we use it at work all the time.

Yep, invented in 1979 and also the core data structure of crypto block chains

We use it in a production system on the aspnetcore stack, and it's been bulletproof for a number of years.

We have lots of proxies in the way, and old tech on certain networks, and at this moment we are 97% websockets, 2% server side events, 1% long polling, and it's all transparent to me, brilliant.

I've got a couple of free arm machines setup as a cluster for learning k8 + a few LB in front of it. I use k3s, with pg rather than etcd. Been a great learning experience.

Perfect, run loads of f# and c# on Linux, and have for years

Yep, it's a cluster OS. If you need to run a cluster, you need to explore and understand the trade offs of k8s versus other approaches. Personally I run a small cluster on k3s, for internal tools, and love it. Yes it's a load of new abstractions to learn, but once learnt if really helps in designing large scalable systems. I manage lots of pet machines and VMs for clients, and it would be soooo much easier on k8.

Same for us, down for ~5 mins, back up and fine, error was 501