This whole line of debate is really getting tiresome. Kubernetes has proven its value in production use cases across a wide variety of application domains. That

This whole line of debate is really getting tiresome. Kubernetes has proven its value in production use cases across a wide variety of application domains. That doesn't mean everybody should be using it, any more than the proven value of containers means that everyone should be deploying in them. I've been working with k8s for three years and run multiple production clusters, but if I had some little thing I might very well toss it up on a paas like app engine, or just install it on a free micro instance as the OP suggests. Or... maybe I would create a cluster and run it there. Point is kubernetes is an alternative that I can take advantage of where it makes sense because I've gotten some experience with it. It might make sense for you, it might not, but it's not essential that all developers immediately come to agreement on whether or not all software projects should migrate to k8s by tomorrow.