[dsnuh]

I think the key element here is that you are using GKE. Managed cloud Kubernetes, and self-hosted on-prem Kubernetes are two different beasts. Yes, it's easy when you don't actually have to run the cluster yourself.

Ansible has its warts, but it is great for managing and configuring individual servers.

[Draiken]

Yes I agree. But in the context of this article, we're talking about small projects. So I wouldn't expect the need for an on-prem setup.

In fact I've used Kubespray[1] to setup a cluster with Ansible before with mild success. Nothing production ready, but it's actually a good tool for that job. At the end of the day you can't run Kubernetes on Kubernetes :D

[1]: https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kubespray

[dsnuh]

I really think that all Kubernetes related posts and articles need a footnote -

"Kubernetes allows you to scale simply!"*

"Kubernetes takes minutes to set up!"*

*When using GKE or another managed service.

[Draiken]

Honestly I cannot refute that!

Haven't had the experience myself outside of GKE so I can only imagine the complexity of it.

It is a young project still. My guess is that with some more time this will improve.

[dsnuh]

I guess it depends on your definition of "small projects". I agree with the article that if you are interested in getting something out there for people to use and see what kind of interest you get, then adding Kubernetes to the mix doesn't really get you there faster. If anything, I think it would slow you down, unless we are talking about a very trivial app.

I was responding more to the comments I had been reading, not the premise of the article.