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I think you comically underestimate what Kubernetes provides.

Autoscaling groups give you instances, but Kubernetes automatically and transparently distributes all your running services, jobs, and other workloads across all those instances.

Amongst a laundry list of other things.

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I think you’re comically misunderstanding what 95% of companies actually are doing with kubernetes

A big part of what kubernetes provides is a standard interface. When your infra guy gets hit by a bus, someone else (like a contractor) can plug in blindly and at least grasp the system in a day or two.

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