This line from Leon Mika’s post about naming computers rings true. It’s pragmatic but also a little sad:
…when AWS came onto the scene, the prevailing train of thought was to treat your servers like cattle rather than pets.
His blog post also uses the audio narration feature in Micro.blog so you can listen to it in his own voice. Love it.
@manton I name my devices after apple cultivars – I wrote this post in 2009, so maybe time for me to publish an updated list!
@manton It's actually gotten to the point where you'd be lucky to even touch servers when working in AWS. The standard practice is to build Docker images and run them in Kubernetes. A little sad, but I guess that's just how the cookie crumbles. Thanks for the boost, and also for building the narration feature. It's fantastic.