> If you’re unlucky, you might read this and think, “holy shit, no wonder I’m burned out”.
> building an operator for everything which is the proposed solution of some people who really just want to watch the world burn.
But actually, the takeaway is this:
> You want simplicity where it benefits the user, which often requires increased complexity for the developer.
Professionals should make it easier for downstream users. In the context of this article, it means the platform engineers should abstract the complexities for application developers to be able to deploy safely their applications
Congrats on the launch! Sounds like an exciting project. Do you plan to store also the raw data (input + output)? It can be relevant for fine-tuning, optimizing costs, etc. Since you already store metadata, I think it makes sense to have a one-stop shop.