I would say if you have the question "Do I need Kubernetes?", you don't need it because the benefits are not immediately crystal clear to you. Also, the author

I would say if you have the question "Do I need Kubernetes?", you don't need it because the benefits are not immediately crystal clear to you. Also, the author starts the evaluation from the wrong point of view, because the decision should be not so technical, but like everything else should be based on BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS. Evaluating Kubernetes is no different: - Do you have such high traffic that you need a distributed system? - Will a unified framework solve all your distribution problems? - Do you really need high availability? - Can you swallow the cost of high availability? - Can you handle the insane complexity of Kubernetes at a reasonable cost? You should not start asking questions about "Pods, Ingress" or anything Kubernetes specific, those are just implementation details.