Right? I had a lot of fun learning K8s for a client. Every new thing I learnt made me think it was even cooler. Then the first maintenance came. _"Not worth it

Right? I had a lot of fun learning K8s for a client. Every new thing I learnt made me think it was even cooler. Then the first maintenance came. _"Not worth it"_ doesn't even begin to cover it. If you have both: a) Well designed microservices that follow the 12 Factor App principals _fully_ b) A team of (minimum) five to dedicate solely to K8s maintenance Sure, go for it. How many people using K8s can tick both of those though? If you want something reliable, easy, and (almost) maintenance free; Just use AWS Lambda + API Gateway (or whatever Google and Microsoft equivalents you have).