Re: "DeepSeek" - China AI App Shakes Up Tech Markets

On Thu, 30 Jan 2025, Lars Poulsen wrote:

On 2025-01-30, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

Mr D. I have in my portfolio anything that is *managed by someone else*,
that has shown consistent growth over the last few years.

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TNP, what do you mean by "managed by someone else"?
Not managed by you? Not managed by an investor-appointed board?
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And D, what are "k8s"?
I know about 8-Ks, but in the context, that is not what it is.
And my sister-in-law signs her mail as "K8"(for Kate), but I don't think
that's it, either.
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Hello Lars! k8s stands for kubernetes. Googles cloud orchestration software their made open source. Somewhat good for large companies, useless for most smaller ones, and potentially useless for largerones as well. ;)
I took over an online platform recently, and the creators built it on k8s with lasers on top! I got it because it cost them too much to run relative to what it generated.
The first thing I did, when I carefully placed it into the hands of my technical colleague was to tell him to rip out all the k8s stuff with violence.
He did, and we lowered the operating cost with 70% or so. That means it is now profitable. This has proven the power of the traditional way over the k8s way to my great satisfaction! =D
Hmm, makes me wonder... I wonder how many more hipster out there are running services at a loss, so that I can take over their platforms for free, de-k8s them, and then run them at a profit? =D