Absolutely. One can reinvent any part of the Docker [+ GKE] setup from first principles on either dev or prod axis. That being said, it's nice to spend a day to

Absolutely. One can reinvent any part of the Docker [+ GKE] setup from first principles on either dev or prod axis. That being said, it's nice to spend a day to setup Docker [+ GKE], and have [most of] the "babysit apt-get" and "babysit prod runtimes" taken care for.