GrumblePost Warning: Every time I touch Hashicorp's Packer tool, I lose DAYS of my life to any number of issues. On the surface it sounds like a great thing to use (immutable OS images are A Good Thing). And it is. But it touches so many complex moving parts (infra platforms (permissions, storage options, networking, resource isolation..), OS (cloud init, networking, disks, systemd config), config management tools) that it will eat your time like it's nothing.. #Packer #HashiCorp #OSImages

Oh joy, another ✨ revolutionary ✨ tool to make generating OS images more complicated than assembling IKEA furniture without instructions. It's like #systemd decided to throw a party and invited all the package managers just to remind us that #Linux enthusiasts can never have too many ways to reinvent the wheel. 🚴‍♂️💨
https://mkosi.systemd.io/ #OSimages #packagemanagers #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated