IMHO, this is a too simplistic view of things. Personally, I don't judge a tool by how easy to start with or how easy it is to understand but by how easy it is

IMHO, this is a too simplistic view of things. Personally, I don't judge a tool by how easy to start with or how easy it is to understand but by how easy it is to fix something when things begin to fall apart. In this field, K8s is a magic box. You can understand Linux kernel in a couple of hours, yet you'll need years with it to start debugging nasty things.