Well, in this case the pop is me, and I know k8s but I don't want to invest 15-35 / month on a side project but would still rather have a decently managed site rather. I don't want to go back to FTP crap at this point.

A car is a hugely complicated machine and I'm sure in the 1910s people said only some people will ever need them. Bad analogy considering cars kill lots of people but take that part out :)