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Re:Kubernetes is our generation's Multics by novok on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @02:43PM (#27910300)
K8 is the semi truck of software, great for semi scale things, but often used when a van would just do fine.
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Re:Kubernetes is our generation's Multics by cogman10 on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @03:03PM (#27910587)
To me, usefulness is less to do with scale and more to do with number of distinct services.

If you have just a single monolith app (such as a wordpress app) then sure, k8s is overkill. Even if you have 1000 instances of that app.

It's once you start having something like 20+ distinct services that k8s starts paying for itself.

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Re:Kubernetes is our generation's Multics by lanstin on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @03:52PM (#27911225)
Especially with 10 distinct development teams that all have someone smart enough to crank out some YAML with their specific requirements.
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Re:Kubernetes is our generation's Multics by loudlambda on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @07:38PM (#27913528)
Kubernetes is an aircraft carrier, where most people just need a skiff.
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