Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment order> Good developers can be passable DBAs if need be Years ago a DBA I summoned to a project told me that my DB design was not bad, given that I'm a developer. Then he made it twice as fast by redesigning tables, putting in triggers, etc. (it wasn't a matter of ORM.) Sadly DBAs are not even on the radar of small to medium projects. If they are ever hired it's too late to take full advantage of their…
I've never met a developer that could setup a MPLS circuit or OSPF over an IPSEC tunnel. The author says that developers can do these things, but I highly doubt it. Let alone be proficient enough to do it in JunOS and IOS. Network operations should not be lumped in with devops.
As somebody that has coded for 20+ years, getting into DevOps through Ansible and understanding Amazon AWS has made me a WAAAY better developer. It really is not something you should ever ignore.
Nah. More like killing the operations guys. If the developers can do everything the operations guys can, but the ops guys can’t do everything the devs can, then businesses will throw out all the ops guys and replace them with devs that can do everything. And have to do everything. Ops guys are a cost center. Devs are a profit center. All business exists for the sole purpose of eliminating all costs and maximizing all profits. You should be able…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 182
- Total comments
- 211
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-28 | How 'DevOps' Is Killing the Developer (2014) | bluetomcat | 4 | 4 |
| 2015-08-31 | How 'DevOps' is Killing the Developer (2014)First breakout | zippy786 | 52 | 66 |
| 2017-01-27 | How 'DevOps' Is Killing the Developer | numo16 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-06-28 | How 'DevOps' Is Killing the Developer (2014)Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | throwaway151514 | 121 | 140 |
| 2021-01-21 | How 'DevOps' is Killing the Developer (2014)Hall induction | optimalsolver | 3 | 1 |