I have had people working who don’t in the slightest understand how a filesystem works, so taking it a step further is impossible.
When I tune things I am asked how I know, but everything is just built from the basics, and the basics don’t make you feel productive, so they’re always skipped when possible.
Even if you didn’t, I doubt you didn’t have someone on staff who did know about these things and would help out randomly with troubleshooting and avoiding footguns.
you could've used docker for 12 years and never hit it if you used it on Linux, and followed sensible practices (mount the data dir from outside so it can be reattached to upgraded version of the container)
It's as if computer science, in terms of data structures and algorithms, isn't taught. Or, perhaps, isn't taught as being relevant.
As for lack of knowledge about filesystems: it might be contributed by mobile devices hiding real filesystems from users.
> the basics don’t make you feel productive, so they’re always skipped when possible.
Basics do make me feel productive. However, it seems bosses and businesses don't agree.
I fear the day basics can be automated away.
Yes and no. The world has also changed all these years. Why something is slow 10+ years ago might not be today or at least for the same reason. E.g. Docker on Mac especially with Apple silicon has undergone major changes the last few years.
Maybe we have too many layers of abstraction. Or there's just too much work to do now that businesses combine many roles into one?
