[shele]

> Imagine spending a lot of time and money picking out the best possible gear for a hobby before actually starting the hobby.

Haha, this is exactly what “hobby” means to a lot of people. Less judgmental: thinking and dreaming about the right tools in disproportion to the need is something people do a lot, presumably because it is a source of joy.

[mrweasel]

That bit was pretty interesting to me as well, because that's exactly what many people do. I don't agree that this is what "hobby" means, it's more that we tend to try to buy our way into a life style.

I feel that Kubernetes is exactly that for a large number of developers, operations people less so, they want to be part of a professional, world class, trendy environment/community. So they try leverage Kubernetes to elevate them to this Silicon Valley type tech company.

There's absolutely value to be had from Kubernetes, but I agree with the article, it's not for the majority. Except I think there is one valid reasoning: If you purely see Kubernetes as tooling for deployment, it's hard to present any good alternatives for deploying to VMs or physical hardware.

[ozim]

You know these types of people who like to wear army clothes to look bad-ass even though they are wimps?

I see it the same type of folks as ones using FAANG tooling :) just so they can feel better about their job or more important when they work on business line CRUD.

I am working on business line CRUD and I like it with boring servers :)