[ryanSrich]

This is true for startups new and old.

At Datica (where I work), we started in 2014 with a bespoke container orchestration layer. This powered our HITRUST certified Platform. Think Heroku for regulated industries (like Healthcare). After years of hardship trying to keep up with the market we finally decided to go all in on K8s.

Kubernetes gives us the flexibility and community to focus on the compliance and security layer, while not having to build a Platform in house. Until now, no other open source solution had given us this type of flexibility. We're still working toward a GA release, but the speed at which we've been able to move has been incredible.