> k8s is popular because Docker solved a real problem and Compose didn’t move fast enough to solve orchestration problem. It’s a second order effect; the important thing is Docker’s popularity.
I introduced K8s to our company back in 2016 for this exact reason. All I cared about was managing the applications in our data engineering servers, and Docker solved a real pain point. I chose K8s after looking at Docker Compose and Mesos because it was the best option at the time for what we needed.
K8s has grown more complex since then, and unfortunately, the overhead in managing it has gone up.
K8s can still be used in a limited way to provide simple container hosting, but it's easy to get lost and shoot yourself in the foot.
I introduced K8s to our company back in 2016 for this exact reason. All I cared about was managing the applications in our data engineering servers, and Docker solved a real pain point. I chose K8s after looking at Docker Compose and Mesos because it was the best option at the time for what we needed.
K8s has grown more complex since then, and unfortunately, the overhead in managing it has gone up.
K8s can still be used in a limited way to provide simple container hosting, but it's easy to get lost and shoot yourself in the foot.