IMHO containers are great for a lot of reasons, and still have benefits without kubernetes. For example even when you have monolithic apps, if the setup is com

IMHO containers are great for a lot of reasons, and still have benefits without kubernetes. For example even when you have monolithic apps, if the setup is complicated and requires a lot of time to setup, containers can be an excellent option as they help devs get up and running really quickly. This is especially true if you have specialized functions for developers like the classic FE/BE split. Personally I also find setting up containers nicer then using something like Puppet to manage updates/deployments, but if you have a lot of infrastructure relying on Puppet already or deep experience with Puppet then the gains are marginal for switching to containers.