Deployment from Scratch
Learning and science
deployment book
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
16 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 16 critical, out of 45 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Docs: 4 for, 5 againstIdea: 1 for, 3 againstPricing: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful, comprehensive coverage from networking to containers.
From 2 comments
Hi fellow readers of HN, I am Josef, a full-stack developer, a formal Ruby Linux packager at Red Hat, and an author of Deployment from Scratch (which is this post about!). After…
strzibny on HNI wished there was coverage of Apache http but otherwise a very interesting book!
msie on HN
Objections
Teaches outdated practices; should use containers, managed services and CI/CD instead.
From 1 comment
I would not suggest this book to people who want to practice professional software deployments in 2021. This book is setting you up with a limited set of skills that are…
throwaway984393 on HN
Too much server setup and too little on deployment strategies and high availability.
From 1 comment
For a book on deployment, I feel there is too much content on setting up a server. Would have like to see pros and cons of differing ways to deploy. Also, for taking apps to…
turtlebits on HN
Pricing is high for the content.
From 1 comment
The pricetag doesn't reflect just the PDF, though. If you deploy your own database with the demo, you might save way more money in a year. Other similar resources include less…
strzibny on HN
Suspected astroturfing of early comments.
From 1 comment
This might just be paranoia but a couple of the early comments on this thread feel very astro-turfy. For example: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=vich (hasn't commented…
__blockcipher__ on HN
Site blocked by BitDefender as red flagged.
From 1 comment
Page red flagged and blocked by BitDefender.
M4R5H4LL on HN
Requests
Cover Apache HTTP.
From 1 comment
I wished there was coverage of Apache http but otherwise a very interesting book!
msie on HN
Add high availability content.
From 1 comment
For a book on deployment, I feel there is too much content on setting up a server. Would have like to see pros and cons of differing ways to deploy. Also, for taking apps to…
turtlebits on HN
Cover CI/CD and the 12-factor app.
From 1 comment
I would not suggest this book to people who want to practice professional software deployments in 2021. This book is setting you up with a limited set of skills that are…
throwaway984393 on HN
Questions
Why NGINX rather than Apache?
From 1 comment
I wished there was coverage of Apache http but otherwise a very interesting book!
msie on HN