Clouding
(Full video link: https://youtu.be/xc6E_zjCCUA )
If you think the cloud is just someone else’s computer
You aren’t clouding right.
That little cloud cartoon appeared over 8 times in my feed.
Implying the cloud is just someone’s data center full of servers, doesn’t inform nor educate people to actually design apps, architectures and workflows to use cloud patterns to get the most benefit.
You may have ‘moved to the cloud’ by running your special unique VM images, using IaaS as a cost savings, or maybe PaaS services like storage, or data-warehousing as a ‘one click’ service,
but don’t mistake these for being a real cloud native.
You have just duplicated old data center methodology and thinking into the cloud.
Really leaning into the uniqueness (and the real benefits) of the cloud, means:
- everything is managed by source control & everything is code (infrastructure, policy, security)
- embrace automation
- do everything possible serverlessly as functions as a service.
- push all that you can ‘below the line’ of the shared responsibility model
- embrace modern security practices, mutual TLS, Identity
While not necessarily technically hard, this does require a certain mindset and skill shift. (which can be hard).
I myself have shifted, going native after seeing the clear advantages as our team have been demonstrating by doing these modern cloud practices.
Original Linkedin post is here: https://bit.ly/2YqFjVL
(worth clicking on the original linkedin Post, because the comments are amazing and often the conversation is better than the original post)