Simple Eiffel - Kubernetes et al

[Liberty Lover]

Okay guys,

It's time to address the next step. This is going to finally address the issue Eric brought up about GitHub Actions, et al.

There is now a pair of documents that address both the vision and implementation of simple_k8s.

Enjoy,

Larry

[Liberty Lover]

● Great question. Here's my recommendation for dogfooding simple_k8s:

  Primary Target: Simple Eiffel CI/CD Pipeline

  Deploy a self-hosted CI runner cluster on Kubernetes that:

  1. Builds EiffelStudio containers using simple_docker
  2. Orchestrates test jobs using simple_k8s
  3. Reports to simple_oracle for ecosystem health tracking

  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
  │                   K8s Cluster                           │
  │  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐     │
  │  │ Build Pod   │  │ Build Pod   │  │ Build Pod   │     │
  │  │ (lib batch) │  │ (lib batch) │  │ (lib batch) │     │
  │  └─────────────┘  └─────────────┘  └─────────────┘     │
  │         │               │               │               │
  │         └───────────────┼───────────────┘               │
  │                         ▼                               │
  │              ┌─────────────────────┐                    │
  │              │  Coordinator Pod    │                    │
  │              │  (simple_ci + k8s)  │                    │
  │              └──────────┬──────────┘                    │
  │                         │                               │
  └─────────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────┘
                            ▼
                 ┌─────────────────────┐
                 │   simple_oracle     │
                 │   (results DB)      │
                 └─────────────────────┘

  Why This Target?

  | Benefit              | Value                                 |
  |----------------------|---------------------------------------|
  | Proves simple_k8s    | Real orchestration workload           |
  | Proves simple_docker | Real container builds                 |
  | Proves simple_ci     | Real pipeline coordination            |
  | Solves real problem  | Currently no automated CI for 71 libs |
  | Visible credibility  | "Built with Simple Eiffel" badge      |

  Secondary Target: Showcase Web App

  Deploy a simple_web application demonstrating the full stack:

  - simple_web → HTTP server
  - simple_docker → Containerized
  - simple_k8s → Deployed with blue/green
  - simple_telemetry → Metrics collection

  Could be the simple_pkg web registry - search/browse packages online.

  Suggested Order

  1. Get K8s cluster (Docker Desktop, minikube, or cloud)
  2. Build simple_k8s (4 weeks)
  3. CI Pipeline MVP - compile 5 libs in parallel pods
  4. Expand to full ecosystem - all 71 libs nightly
  5. Add simple_pkg registry as showcase app

  This gives you a compelling story: "Simple Eiffel libraries are built and tested by Simple Eiffel libraries running on Kubernetes."

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[Liberty Lover]

And then there is the deployment goal — K8S Infrastructure.

On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM Liberty Lover <rix....@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Liberty Lover]

Milestone announcement.