> We wanted an installation of Kubernetes that was half the size in terms of memory footprint. Kubernetes is a 10 letter word stylized as k8s. So something half as big as Kubernetes would be a 5 letter word stylized as K3s. There is neither a long-form of K3s nor official pronunciation.
I always prefer to spell it kUbernEats.
So wouldn't it be K4s? I can't figure out how they got 3.
They're counting the "k" and the "s" to get to 5 total. It's a bit more convoluted than 4 = 8 / 2, it's 3 = (8 + 2) / 2 - 2.
Cut the 8 in half and you get 3, not mathematically but visually.
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len(kubernetes) == 10 -> k8s
half(kubernetes) == 5 -> k3s
Kubes?
Kyuss
The real origin of the name is kubernetes -> k[8 letters]s -> k8s -> people pronounce as "kates" -> k[3 letters]s -> k3s.