dynamite-ready

Money is exactly what got us to this point! Besides, I always thought taste, or at least 'popular' taste, was a market function, or something?

That's what people like Rick Rubin (Iovine, the Medici's, etc), deep down, need us to believe. Probably.

This is interesting. At what level and team size? There's going to have to be a point where you just give in to the 'vibes' (whether it's from a human, or a machine), otherwise you become the bottleneck, no?

That's not always the intention behind that style of writing.

Often, when I'm communicating with someone who is either dyslexic, or uses English as a second (or even third or fourth) language, then I make an effort to shorten sentences, and almost make bullet points of them.

It's actually a good exercise for the person writing too. Less can indeed be more.

Some of the sites I maintain, are fine. But I'm guessing it's just a matter of time?

> Containers have nothing to do with storage. They are completely orthogonal to storage

Exactly.

And sure, you can use S3/Dynamo/Aurora from an EC2 box, but what would be the point of that? Just get the app running in a container, and we can look into infrastructure later.

It's a very common refrain. That's why I believe Docker is strongly to linked the development of these proprietary, cloud based models of computing, that place containerisation at the heart of an ecosystem that bastardises the classic idea of a 'server'.

The existence of S3 is one good result of this. IAM, on the other hand, can die in dumpster fire. Though it won't...

It's subjective I guess, but I feel as though containerisation has greatly supported the large Cloud vendor's desire to subvert the more common model of computing... Like, before, your server was a computer, much like your desktop machine, and you programmed it much like your desktop machine.

But now, people are quite happy to put their app in a Docker container and outsource all design and architecture decisions pertaining to data storage and performance.

And with that, the likes of ECS, Dynamo, RedShift, etc, are a somewhat reasonable answer to that. It's much easier to offer a distinct proposition around that state of affairs, than say a market that was solely based on EC2-esque VMs.

What I did not like, but absolutely expected, was this lurch towards near enough standardising one specific vendor's model. We're in quite a strange place atm, where AWS specific knowledge might actually have a slightly higher value than traditional DevOps skills for many organisations.

Felt like this all happened both at the speed of light, and in slow motion, at the same time.

The whole industry walked straight into the cloud service lock-in trap. How would we begin to wind back? I also think Docker is as much to blame as the bigger cloud vendors.

What are you suggesting though? That there were clues to herald these changes? Tbh, I did look at my (new) MP's record on social justice and welfare... They were surprisingly out of Party character on a few issues. But certainly better than the other candidates in aggregate.

That's about the best we can all do.

Like many others, I would like to see a Swiss style vote on anything that gathers enough public support.

Apparently, there are a few sources that suggest a 'silent' majority supports the OSA. I think far reaching laws like these (the assisted death law changes being another) should always be put before the public. That way at least, I can better understand my position, and consider whether I'm in the wrong.

(I feel the OSA should have forced the ISPs to add parental controls, and let each household manage their own patterns of consumption)

I really don't remember voting on this web censorship issue, or ID cards, because both of those policies would have changed my vote, for sure.

I suppose the missing part of the story is why they held back on pursuing this market.

At the time, the console market was wide open, with little innovation in terms of hardware, until Nintendo released the Switch.

Even now, I'd be quite happy to own a Valve branded, small form PC that plugs into a TV.

The Steam Link was a kop out to me.

I'd wager the chances of that happening are much lower under this current administration. Surprised Biden didn't consider it though.