britknight

Hi,

Like most people here, I've been witnessing a fair amount of buzz/hype around technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, etc.. However, while I understand the broad-strokes outline of these technologies, as well as the motivations behind them, I am at a loss as to how they are actually supposed to be used.

With all the distributed systems/containerization/whatever systems out there, how do you figure out which parts to use in which configuration? Are there any good tutorials or books out there that cover the sweet spot between the generally too-specific Docker-related blog post and more academic distributed systems treatises?

In slightly different words, how would you recommend I bring myself up to speed on these technologies?

I've been considering forcing myself to learn Dvorak for a while now, but I've been wondering about how much value there could be in switching. Has anyone here gone through with the switch? How was the learning process? How did your typing fare in the transitional period (i.e. did your QWERTY speed decrease as you learned Dvorak)?

In recent weeks I've noticed that Go seems to have become something of a trend in the stories shared here on HN. I do not have much experience with the language myself (beyond completing the tutorial and a few small experiments), but I am curious to hear what other people think of the language in terms of its potential to become a major web/general development language.

So, is Go just the flavor of the month or is it here to stay?

A quick question for the HN community: how do you get your news?

I usually start the morning with an honest-to-god physical newspaper (gasp) and use the BBC news service during the day, but I've heard a lot about apps like Circa and Economist Espresso and I wanted to know what other people think about getting news in that sort of bite-sized fashion as opposed to reading long-form articles?

To clarify: I'm thinking specifically about non-tech news, like current events, economic/political coverage, editorials, etc. (I think tech news gets pretty well aggregated here).