> If you choose a) you don't really get to avoid b), since something still has to bootstrap your Kubernetes nodes themselves Not quite true if you use a manage

> If you choose a) you don't really get to avoid b), since something still has to bootstrap your Kubernetes nodes themselves Not quite true if you use a managed K8S offering - and it seems a self-managed cluster is something to be avoided until absolutely necessary. Even with a managed cluster like GKE there's plenty of operational overhead to keep everything up-to-date and working properly.