Fwiw, bus factor seems like an extremely good reason to use Kubernetes. One can absolutely invite in a lot of complexity, but if you take a reasonably well int

Fwiw, bus factor seems like an extremely good reason to use Kubernetes. One can absolutely invite in a lot of complexity, but if you take a reasonably well integrated starting point/KISS (and you absolutely can with Kube), there shouldnt be a ton of additional complexity. And given how self-describing via manifests-for-everything kubernetes is, someone spinning up who already is sort of familiar with Kubernetes ought be able to get a good picture of what pieces are in play & the shape of how things are setup extremely quickly. Unlike choice-making in most devops, there's still huge commonalities & massive shared base. If you & another startup make totally different choices about how you will Kube, the superstructure will still be the same. Porting people in is way easier.