K8S has many different abstractions and it's hard to get a feel for all of them from just reading the docs. I found the PluralSight videos (subscription require

K8S has many different abstractions and it's hard to get a feel for all of them from just reading the docs. I found the PluralSight videos (subscription required) [1] helpful for getting a comprehensive introduction to K8S, along with coverage of the gotchas. The videos also helped me discern the kinds of problems K8S solves and the kinds it doesn't. If you need to deal with scale issues, the complexity of bespoke K8S may be unavoidable complexity. Otherwise, it is overkill. (exception: managed K8S services like GKE, AKS provide middle grounds) [1] https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/getting-started-kubernetes/table-of-contents https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/getting-started-...