[sleepybrett]

`kubectl apply -f myshit/` is a faster way of getting things on your cluster, ansible is just a bunch of wrapper on top of that.

[yrro]

And when you outgrow it you can move on to `kubectl apply -k`...

[TomBombadildoze]

Until you need to update it, or apply it to multiple environments, or any number of tasks where the concepts of configuration parameters and dependencies become important.

Edit: I'm not saying Ansible is an appropriate substitute (it absolutely isn't), rather that `kubectl -f` is not a scalable solution.

[sleepybrett]

All I'm saying is ansible is essentially that and no it isn't at all scalable.