[HN Gopher] Cloud Native Interactive Landscape
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       Cloud Native Interactive Landscape
        
       Author : michidk
       Score  : 61 points
       Date   : 2022-01-14 15:39 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (landscape.cncf.io)
 (TXT) w3m dump (landscape.cncf.io)
        
       | danw1979 wrote:
       | I thought the greyed out boxes were some of startups that
       | inevitably didn't make it and have now gone out of business, but
       | IBM is in there so...
        
       | RcouF1uZ4gsC wrote:
       | It seems like Kubernetes has reinvented JCL from the IBM
       | Mainframe
       | 
       | From the Wikipedia pager for JCL:
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       | "Job Control Language (JCL) is a name for scripting languages
       | used on IBM mainframe operating systems to instruct the system on
       | how to run a batch job or start a subsystem.[1]
       | 
       | More specifically, the purpose of JCL is to say which programs to
       | run, using which files or devices [2] for input or output, and at
       | times to also indicate under what conditions to skip a step."
        
       | stillicidious wrote:
       | I built out my first ISP in 2001, worked in FAANG by 2006,
       | haven't the slightest comprehension of what this is for. Is it
       | some kind of certified partner directory?
        
         | ejb999 wrote:
         | thought it just me! - cool looking graphic, but couldn't make
         | heads or tails out of what I would use it for.
        
         | mfer wrote:
         | This is a list of "things" in the cloud native space. Some of
         | them are from CNCF members and some aren't. Some are paid
         | products and services while other things are entirely free and
         | open source.
         | 
         | Many (most?) of the things are tied to organizations and they
         | try to show information on those organizations.
         | 
         | The CNCF doesn't have certified partners. It is a sub-
         | foundation of the Linux Foundation and a non-profit. The CNCF
         | does have members. Some of them are vendors and some are end
         | users. Things listed in the landscape don't need to be from a
         | member.
        
           | caniszczyk wrote:
           | There are certified Kubernetes products/projects listed on
           | the landscape: https://www.cncf.io/certification/software-
           | conformance/
           | 
           | FYI it's also an open source project that others can use and
           | build upon! https://github.com/cncf/landscapeapp
        
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       | caniszczyk wrote:
       | Nice to always see this on HN... we have more landscapes out
       | there too :)
       | 
       | https://landscapes.dev
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       | There are also two sub landscapes in the CNCF landscape in case
       | you're interested:
       | 
       | https://landscape.cncf.io/serverless
       | https://landscape.cncf.io/wasm (still in beta)
       | 
       | There's also a secret feature that shows who is raising funding
       | etc in the space: https://landscape.cncf.io/funding.html
       | 
       | Anyways, I know people like to hate on the cloud native landscape
       | but the reality of the situation is that there is a large healthy
       | competitive ecosystem out there and a lot of options.
        
         | j_french wrote:
         | what are people's main gripes with the cloud native landscape?
        
           | caniszczyk wrote:
           | complex, too much content/options for end users to
           | decipher... e.g., "hellscape"
        
             | cfors wrote:
             | Surely, this is the very definition of too many options?
             | 
             | *Disclaimer: Mostly happy user of many of these projects
        
             | rl3 wrote:
             | > _complex, too much content /options for end users to
             | decipher... e.g., "hellscape"_
             | 
             | So basically an accurate representation of the market. :)
        
           | mrweasel wrote:
           | At best it's pointless. Everything is apparently cloud
           | native, so why even bother?
           | 
           | At its worst the cloud native landscape is complexity
           | nightmare. Why are there 12 API gateways? Are they all
           | equally good? They certain don't do the same, well mostly
           | they do, have fun figurering out which one to use. Almost
           | none of the product are named all that well, so that's no
           | help.
           | 
           | Right now the cloud native landscape is just a collection of
           | pretty icons that look kinda cool. It doesn't really mean
           | anything. Best I can tell: Graduated doesn't even mean that
           | you're guaranteed that these product will work together...
           | They might.
           | 
           | I get that others look at the cloud native landscape and see
           | endless possibilities, a smorgasbord of options, and that's
           | wonderful. I just see complexity, confusing, and shameless
           | self-promotion in an attempt to ride the Kubernetes/container
           | wave and make a name for yourself and maybe a few bucks.
           | 
           | Don't get me wrong, many of these tools are fantastic, but
           | that some people can look at that massive graphic and think
           | that the industry is moving in the right direction it
           | troubling. Half of these product are dead-ends. We just don't
           | know which yet. The room for mistakes are enormous and some
           | poor soul will pick the wrong API gateway and be stuck with
           | it for the next ten years.
        
         | qbasic_forever wrote:
         | How do you measure or understand the end user usability of
         | these landscapes?
         | 
         | Because I actually like the content in them but am just totally
         | baffled and annoyed at trying to use it. A text table I could
         | slice and dice with a few dimensions would be infinitely more
         | usable.
        
         | fudged71 wrote:
         | These landscape diagrams are fantastic, available in multiple
         | formats, open source, and look great. I wish every market
         | landscape was formatted the same way. Any plans to make a
         | "landscape generator" tool of some sort available for non-
         | coders?
        
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       | debarshri wrote:
       | Once upon a time, the landscape in hadoop and bigdata had
       | something like this. Projects, companies and startups with weird
       | animal names. I miss those days where you couldn't tell a
       | difference it was name of a bigdata project or pokemon.
        
       | dijit wrote:
       | There's another one of these dashboards linked which specifies
       | JIRA as the only change management issue tracker.
       | 
       | That's scary.
       | 
       | Seems like this isn't really saying anything. But maybe useful to
       | find things to look at further?
        
       | felixgallo wrote:
       | Good to see that Kubernetes has simplified software development.
        
         | candiddevmike wrote:
         | It's interesting that you never saw something like this
         | (landscape/hellscape) with OpenStack. I think it really drives
         | home that Kubernetes isn't a platform in the same way, you use
         | it to build a platform.
        
       | bushbaba wrote:
       | Both Oracle and IBM DB2 are in this diagram as being "Cloud
       | Native" databases. Not sure I agree with that statement.
        
         | ghaff wrote:
         | You can reasonably argue about what should be included but I
         | have a feeling if you started trying to draw a line about what
         | databases are properly "cloud native" and which aren't, you
         | probably end up making a lot of somewhat arbitrary calls.
         | 
         | I'm not sure I disagree with you but I also understand why they
         | might be there.
        
         | nickstinemates wrote:
         | You can bet both paid good money to be listed there.
        
           | mistrial9 wrote:
           | linux foundation model -- money talks
        
             | cam0 wrote:
             | capitalism model
        
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