> Why did a startup need to manage K8s? Why does using the cloud preclude a monolith? Because we were dumb and thought k8s meant we had to go microservices. >

> Why did a startup need to manage K8s? Why does using the cloud preclude a monolith? Because we were dumb and thought k8s meant we had to go microservices. > if the app can fit on a single VM … Well of course. If and when it out grows the vm hopefully you’ve found product market fit and are bootstrapped and making money and have hired proper platform and dev teams to do it right and the single VM PoC is redone. Or so that is what we are sold. In reality things happen piece-meal and more chaotically.