It's anecdotal but the sentiment I have is that the Kubernetes ecosystem drains an even bigger part of the collective effort required to provide business value.

It's anecdotal but the sentiment I have is that the Kubernetes ecosystem drains an even bigger part of the collective effort required to provide business value. I believe many engineers have a disconnect on what it means to provide real business value. Solutions like Kubernetes are designed to be able to accommodate an endless number of scenarios out of which you probably only need 1 to provide value for your business. The consequence is that there's a disproportionate ratio of Kubernetes possibilities hence complexities vs. the simplicity of your requirements. Once your workload runs on Kubernetes, you cannot afford to ignore the complexities of Kubernetes so you are automatically sucked into the rabbit hole.