[outworlder]

It has a lot of complexity, but only because it does so much.

Thing is, can you point to alternatives which are simpler? I cannot think of any, unless you only have a handful of containers to manage.

Even things like AWS's own ECS become difficult to manage as you grow.

[yebyen]

> only because it does so much

> can you point to alternatives which are simpler

Sure, there are plenty of simpler alternatives... as long as you're willing to consider ones that don't do quite as much. (Beware, you'll also need more of them.)

[bonesss]

Amen, sister.

The complaints that Kubernetes is "complex" are obviously comparing it to more targeted solutions and ignoring the aggregate system that arises in its place.

If you find a tool with a better fit to the problem, then yay for you do the smart and simple thing. In practice, though, for many shops there's a major hodge-podge of almost-there solutions which require much more specialization on much less popular frameworks with much less vendor support to compete with Kubernetes.

Kubernetes did not come into a vacuum: it's disrupted some mature solution ecosystems by being much, much, better.