[saalaa]

This, and more but it's all in the same vein.

I was pretty skeptical too but then handed over a project which was a pretty typical mixed bag: Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Python and shell scripts, etc... Then I realized relying on Kubernetes for most projects has the huge benefit of bringing homogeneity to the provisioning/orchestration which improves things a lot both for me and the customer or company I work for.

Let's be honest here, in many cases it does not make a difference whether Kubernetes is huge, inefficient, complicated, bloated, etc... or not. It certainly is. But just the added benefit of pointing at a folder and stating : "this is how it is configured and how it runs" is huge.

I was also pretty skeptical of Kustomize but it turned out to be just enough.

So, like many here. I kind of hate it but it serves me well.

[spenrose]

As a fellow Kubernetes-hater, this is the best explanation I've read for its virality. Thanks!

[collyw]

I am still not convinced by Kubernetes, but you make a good point.