> Why would a cloud operator even bother with k8s if the customer is only interacting with functions? Because there are various "tiers" of users, some companie

> Why would a cloud operator even bother with k8s if the customer is only interacting with functions? Because there are various "tiers" of users, some companies (like coinbase) could actually leverage K8s in their Codeflow/Odin project and prevent a lock-in. But a regular developer looking to just "get things shipped" isn't meant to waste his/her time with pure K8s. > Kubernetes is a massive red herring We agree but on a different note. The biggest selling point of K8s is it's API design. The entire industry needs to converge on one "defacto" standard of packing and deployment. Google's Cloud function is a perfect example of this. The API is based on K8s and Knative but under the hood it actually runs directly on GCE rather than GKE. What happens underneath is hidden from business developer, you only care about the data in your yaml and your docker image.