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Containers: causing startups to overengineer since 2013
How many companies are actually successfully using containers in production today?
I don't think containers make a "modern" stack. Maybe a "matured" stack? Google uses them because they have the tooling and infrastructure.
But equally important, they have the *scale* that actually necessitates them.
Starting with containers is like starting with microservices. You have to walk before you can run or else you're gonna spend time stumbling.
Why are we even building our own PaaSes? Hasn't this problem been solved?
The "modern" production stack is a living organism. It might evolve its way to containers, but it doesn't need to start there.
"The way I break this problem down is based on my experiences at Google." This is SO critically important. Google scale is Google scale.
"Google does it" is not a good way to justify tech decisions, unless you're Google.
I'm not dismissing containers, I'm dismissing the hype.
