Kubernetes was not mentioned by the comment I replied to, which was about AWS. Even then, your founders might have made a bad business decision – which isn't u

Kubernetes was not mentioned by the comment I replied to, which was about AWS. Even then, your founders might have made a bad business decision – which isn't unusual, and companies can often make bad business decisions, such as prioritising investment in scalability when it's not a required feature. They can equally make good business decisions – such as rolling out a relatively standard technology like Kubernetes to gain the workflow and availability features, even though scalability is not required. I agree that it is important to remember that sometimes "old-fashioned" approaches can be totally suitable for some use-cases, and they can be too often written off. But equally let's try not to assume that everyone who rolls out a particular modern technology stack is a gullible fool.