[andix]

I had the same conclusion after evaluating those open source PaaS tools.

It just doesn't feel right for me. For small scale apps it's enough to spin up one or two VMs and run some containers with docker-compose (or just use Vercel/etc for a few bucks). But if it should scale, there is no alternative to kubernetes in the open source world.

[worldsayshi]

My hypothesis right now is that if you know Kubernetes there's no "good" reason to not choose Kubernetes even if it's "overkill". You get a lot of flexibility this way but it's potentially a huge upfront cost with many options for shooting yourself in the foot. Understanding how to configure it without getting overwhelmed currently takes a lot of experience.

You can run Kubernetes for cheap on a single node and it seems you can configure it so that you only need to care about the configuration when you need flexibility. I think.

I get a similar feeling to how it was to set up a react project before you had create-react-app like tools. There's a lack of plug and play options that works for most use cases.

Then again I might just be sort of rationalising the amount of time I've spent on it on a personal project that doesn't really require it.