I read it as an article in defence of boring tech with a fancier/clickbaity title.
Here’s the more honest one i wrote a while back:
Here’s the more honest one i wrote a while back:
> Infrastructure: Bare Server > Containers > Kubernetes
The problem with recommending a bare server first is that bare metal fails. Usually every couple of years a component fails - a PSU, a controller, a drive. Also, a bare metal server is more expensive than VPS.
Paradoxically, a k3s distro with 3 small nodes and a load balancer at Hetzner may cost you less than a bare metal server and will definitely give you much better availability in the long run, albeit with less performance for the same money.
IME, hardware is much more reliable than people think.