You don’t use kubernetes. You’re defining desired states for various processes that are collectively called “Kubernetes”. These automated processes maintain thi

You don’t use kubernetes. You’re defining desired states for various processes that are collectively called “Kubernetes”. These automated processes maintain things at the desired state, and take action to move things back to the desired state when that happens. These processes are distinct, and are not usually aware of each other (example: horizontal pod autoscaling and cluster autoscaler). If you understand that, you then know you can add processes (such as operators or the cluster autoscaler). It’s a mindset shift. Thinking of it as “using” kubernetes, as if it is a monolithic thing that you directly control, will greatly increase the difficulty in understanding and reasoning through what’s going on within a Kubernetes cluster.