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Dear friend, you have built a Kubernetes
Mac's Tech Blog
You said that "Kubernetes is overkill" and "it's just way too complex for a simple task" and yet, six months later, you have pile of shell scripts that do not work—breaking every time there's a slight shift in the winds of production. While it's true a single server can go a long way many things can force this decision, such as the need for special hardware, high availability, or the speed of light. A standard config format, a deployment method, an overlay network, service discovery, immutable nodes, and an API server.
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