The way the author's 'scaffolding' idea should work is that you start but not using kubernetes at all, rather than using a easier version of it. Of course, 'not

The way the author's 'scaffolding' idea should work is that you start but not using kubernetes at all, rather than using a easier version of it. Of course, 'not using it' already exists.. But what doesn't exist is the sweet way to transition. In particular, you can start off with Azure AppService, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Google AppEngine. You could also go serverless. All these approaches allow rapid development and deployment with low ops overhead, and they'll actually scale and heal well. Ultimately, the services are doing the k8s type of stuff for you. To state that inversely, running kubernetes is like trying to run your own PaaS. (When put that way, it sounds dubious that so many people are trying to jump into k8s, but I'm not an expert on the $$ economics of devops.) The next gen evolution of the cloud platforms could really take this migration from PaaS to IaaS to a whole new level than it's at right now.