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Version: 1.8.0

Design Principles​

Epinio's development is governed by the following principles:

  • Greater Developer Experience
    • Single command push for short learning curve
  • Edge Friendly
    • Has to fit in less than 4GB of RAM
  • Easy Installation
    • Has to install in less than 5 minutes when images are warm
    • Has to completely uninstall and leave the cluster in its previous state with an one-line command
  • Minimum Complexity
    • Scale from desktop/local to data center environment
    • Has to install with an one-line command and zero config
  • API Driven Architecture
  • Security Focused

Guidelines (Soft Principles)​

  • When possible, prefer:
    • components that are written in go
    • Kubernetes primitives over custom resources
    • Well known components with active community over custom code
  • all acceptance tests should run in less than 10 minutes
  • all tests should be able to run on the minimal cluster