KUBERNETES AND BACK - WHY I DON'T RUN DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

This author switched a side project to a Kubernetes-based infrastructure, only to find it overly complex, expensive, and difficult to manage. Despite the promise of high availability, the system suffered from slow performance, difficult debugging, and downtime during node failures. While Kubernetes can be powerful, it's important to choose the right tools for the job and not get caught up in complexity for its own sake if it's not necessary.