Some parts of Kubernetes are perhaps unnecessary complex and we should keep our eyes open for alternatives and learn from different approaches, but deploying to

Some parts of Kubernetes are perhaps unnecessary complex and we should keep our eyes open for alternatives and learn from different approaches, but deploying to Kubernetes really does not have to be that difficult unless you make it so. Plain manifests in a Git repository will do, and let something like Flux apply them for consistency. It really isn't harder than SSH and ad-hoc scripts or Ansible.