Warning: Bitter BOFH ahead.

There is a phenomenon I've come to call Ubuntu Syndrome, after the distribution of Linux which has become the darling of nearly every hosting provider out there (and no, I won't call them bloody cloud providers). All things considered, it seems to have a good balance of stable software, ease of use, availability, and diversity of available software. It also lends itself readily to the following workflow:

• Use a tool like packer.io to automagically instantiate a copy of Ubuntu at the hosting provider of choice.
• Never patch the machine under any circumstances.
• Use Chef, Ansible …

Some days, I just feel like this at the office.