> In the real world, Kubernetes isn't used to solve technical problems. It's used as a buffer between the dev team and the ops team, who usually have different schedules/budgets, and might even be different corporate entities.

At my company I’m both the dev and the ops team, and I’ve used Kubernetes and found it pleasant and intuitive? I’m able to have confidence that situations that arise in production can be recreated in dev, updates are easy, I can tie services together in a way that makes sense. I arrived at K8s after rolling my own scripts and deployment methods for years and I like its well-considered approach.

So maybe resist passing off your opinions as sweeping generalizations about “the real world”.