We have a hobby web based app that consists of multiple containers. It runs in docker compose. Serves 1000 users right now (runs 24/7). Single VM.
No Kubernetes whatsoever.
I agree with you.
No Kubernetes whatsoever.
I agree with you.
My personal strategy has always been to start off in docker compose, and break out to a k8s configuration later if I have to start scaling beyond single box.