Infrastructure
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What is Infrastructure in Modern Software?
Infrastructure is the underlying layer of compute, storage, networking, and services that applications run on. Modern infrastructure is mostly cloud-based, software-defined, and increasingly AI-aware. Whether you're shipping a website or training a foundation model, the infrastructure layer determines what's possible, fast, and affordable.
Why Kubernetes Won the Container Orchestration War
In the mid-2010s, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and Apache Mesos competed to become the standard for running containerized applications at scale. Kubernetes won decisively. Understanding why reveals lessons about open-source strategy, ecosystem effects, and the long arc of infrastructure standardization.
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