Definitely. As a solo founder I really want to keep complexity down. I didn't already have significant experience with k8s, but what experience I had steered me

Definitely. As a solo founder I really want to keep complexity down. I didn't already have significant experience with k8s, but what experience I had steered me away from it for a one-person setup*. I opted for Nomad and haven't regretted it so far. I know k8s is more popular (meaning there is broader community support and a larger ecosystem around it), and has an extremely diverse set of features available. I don't doubt it is a sensible choice for many deployments, but I really don't think that these properties are a reason to dismiss alternatives. Nomad works well, and even supports various use-cases that k8s doesn't. * for this particular project managed options weren't really an option.