I can confirm that maintaining a Kubernetes cluster is a full time job. Due to its design, there are a lot of moving parts even for the most minimum deployments.
Low key I hate touching Google-created projects. On paper technically sound but in practice a guaranteed usability disaster.
For some people learning to change the oil on their car could be “a full time job”, but it doesn’t change the fact oil changes are a commodity i can go pay $50 for at a shop.
Similarly, any cloud provider worth it’s salt provides a managed k8 cluster as a commodity these days.
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I can confirm that maintaining a Kubernetes cluster is a full time job. Due to its design, there are a lot of moving parts even for the most minimum deployments.
Low key I hate touching Google-created projects. On paper technically sound but in practice a guaranteed usability disaster.
I think this might be because google engineers are rewarded for inventing new things, not so much for refining or maintaining old things.
For some people learning to change the oil on their car could be “a full time job”, but it doesn’t change the fact oil changes are a commodity i can go pay $50 for at a shop.
Similarly, any cloud provider worth it’s salt provides a managed k8 cluster as a commodity these days.