I have a few kubernetes clusters, but nothing really critical or requiring high availability. I use a mix of terraform, ansible, and kubernetes. I like k3s. I

I have a few kubernetes clusters, but nothing really critical or requiring high availability. I use a mix of terraform, ansible, and kubernetes. I like k3s. In terms of hardware it’s a mix on on-premise, expensive clouds and cheaper clouds. Provisioning new hardware varies between editing a few lines in a terraform file to talking to a salesperson, waiting days, and physically installing things in a servers room. I much prefer the terraform approach. Consumer hardware like gaming computers can have a great value and last long enough if you are lucky or good while selecting the components. But I wouldn’t put my SaaS on such hardware. Or at least not the critical workloads. Overall I wouldn’t recommend a small business to bring everything in house. Engineers at AWS, Microsoft, Google, or Hetzner are kinda better and more experienced than you will ever be to manage computers. But if you find it fun and have enough spare time for that, why not for non critical workloads.