[jobegrabber]

Even then there's arguably a stark contrast between

>The clusterfuck hidden in the Kubernetes code base and the brilliant refactoring techniques developed to fix it

and saying

>[...] forking a large code base, especially one as shit as Kubernetes, and still getting community support can be daunting without some sort of titanic change in the market.

especially since the former talks about techniques that fixed the "clusterfuck".

I know you didn't bring that talk into the discussion, however you didn't cite any sources at all. From my POV simply stating that the Kubernetes code base is "shit" without extending on it comes off as anything but neutral and fair.

If you want to sound reasonable, I would either make clear that that sentiment is your personal opinion and/or comes from your experience, or at least cite some sources.