I'm new to distributed systems and k8s was a long steep learning curve to even get something running. Unfortunately, most of what i've learnt is by running into

I'm new to distributed systems and k8s was a long steep learning curve to even get something running. Unfortunately, most of what i've learnt is by running into "how can I do that" followed by intense googling, reading blogs, docs and stackoverflow. Its after i've spent hours getting it to work, that i now can start looking into why and how it works which are usually rabbit holes on their own. I wish i could start with the concepts of distributed systems, play around in something meant for learning and then map that knowledge to the kubernetes world. But nothing i could find was even remotely helpful. Most content around this originates in research or academia making it harder to apply and learn on real problems -- the way I'm used to learning.