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Just got an email thanking me for being a 5-node/free user, but Portainer isn't free and I need to stop being a cheap-ass and pay them because blah blah economic times enshittification blah blah blah.

I've moved off them a while ago, but figured I'd see if they emailed EVERYONE about this?

A good time to ditch them if you haven't, I suppose.

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I've never really seen why portainer is used beyond a shiny UI. Docker compose file is enough for me

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Terminals are powerful and flexible, but still slower than a dedicated UI to see states at a glance, issue routine commands, or do text editing.

Terminal absolutists are as insufferable as GUI purists. There is a place and time for both.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

I open up two terminal windows. The first runs watch docker ps and the second is where I make changes.

[–] downhomechunk@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Beautifully said. I can't say I've come across too many GUI purists, but I've definitely been shamed by terminal absolutists who are fine with turning a 1 second process into a 10 second one. There's a time and place for both.

See also: bass players who use a pick.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Being a terminal purist is wonderful for those of us who live our lives deep in the caverns of Linux, but in actual production use you very often find situations where less technical users have to interact with the systems that we build.

For my work, I need a way for low level tech support and technicians to go in and restart a container from time to time, and these people curl up in a ball and scream if you show them a command prompt. Having a UI removes a lot of friction.