Is Kubernetes the Right Tool for You?

Mon, 11 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000

I run Kubernetes for a living. I think you should probably not use it.

That’s not a contradiction. Kubernetes is the right answer for a specific class of problem - multi-tenant, polyglot, heterogeneous workloads at meaningful scale. For most teams I meet, it’s a tax: a complex distributed system bolted onto a stack that didn’t need one, paid for in hiring, security, and “why is my Pod CrashLoopBackOff” Slack threads at 11 p.m.

What Is Platform Engineering? A Beginner's Guide

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 21:06:34 +0000

TL;DR - Platform Engineering is about building an internal product for your developers: paved roads, golden paths, and self-service workflows that reduce the cognitive load of getting code into production. It’s not DevOps with a new logo. It’s not SRE with extra steps. It’s a specific discipline with its own measurable goals.

Why this term exists

A decade of “DevOps” produced two outcomes. In the best companies, it built a real culture of shared ownership between development and operations. In most companies, it produced a small team of overworked specialists called “DevOps engineers” who became a human bottleneck - ticket queues, YAML on demand, “can you give me access to…” Slack messages at all hours.

Kubernetes on F. Latini - IT Engineer

Is Kubernetes the Right Tool for You?

What Is Platform Engineering? A Beginner's Guide

Why this term exists