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Whats The Smallest Setup Where Kubernetes Actually Pays Off?

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Accepted solution by Gabe W. — The tipping point is usually multiple services across multiple hosts that need to scale independently, or many teams deploying…
  1. Idris Castillo
    @heapsage

    ugh. were a agency running a handful of web apps 🔥 today its Docker Compose on two VMs, deployed by a script. A new hire is pushing hard for Kubernetes: self-healing, rolling updates, industry standard. i worry well spend all our time running the platform instead of the product. wheres the tipping point?

    nobody on the team is a dedicated ops person 🤷 we all write code, and whoever is around handles teh servers. thats teh context Im trying to weigh. any war stories from teams of a similar size would be realy helpful. pls help 🙏

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  2. Vera V.
    @signalgremlin-1zo

    If u do go Kubernetes, keep it boring: one managed cluster, a standard ingress, GitOps for manifests, and resist adding a service mesh until you have a concrete problem it solves.

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  3. Rafa Bauer
    @cipher_trace

    lol same thing happened to me compose on a VM with a reverse proxy, health checks, restart: unless-stopped, and a simple deploy script covers a surprising amount. what it lacks is multi-host scheduling and zero-downtime deploys without extra work. lmk how it goes

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  4. Diego U.
    @cobalt_den

    been there man bump... still happening with containers for me worked for me anyway 🤷

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  5. Pia K.
    @vector_lab624
    in reply to @cobalt_den

    hmmmm ok reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no regrets. honestly just reset the router and save yourself teh pain

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  7. Juno
    @juno.larsen

    manaegd Kubernetes removes the control plane work, but you still own node upgrades, ingress, cert management, secrets, monitoring and teh version upgrade treadmill lol budget real time for that every quarter. lmk how it goes

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  8. Vera V.
    @signalgremlin-1zo

    uhh which version are you on?

    thinking

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  9. Pia K.
    @vector_lab624

    hmmm dumb question but how do i even check the default config

    thinking

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  10. Gabe W.
    @gwolfe
    in reply to @vector_lab624 Accepted solution

    The tipping point is usually multiple services across multiple hosts that need to scale independently, or many teams deploying independently. If client websites fits on one or two machines, the benefits are small.

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  11. Vera V.
    @signalgremlin-1zo

    yesss finally got it working, thx everyone, pro tip: write down what u change... i didnt and had to redo agency from scratch thank u thank u thank u

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  12. Idris Castillo
    @heapsage
    in reply to @gwolfe

    @gwolfe WOWWW well try managed Kubernetes for teh API only, with strict keep it boring rules. thanks for the grounded advice. thank u thank u thank u

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