Do You Need Kubernetes?
If you run 3+ services, need auto-scaling, or deploy multiple times per day — yes. If you have one monolith with low traffic — probably not yet.
The Minimal K8s Setup
- Managed K8s: Use EKS/GKE/AKS. Do not manage your own control plane.
- Helm Charts: Package your deployments. One command to deploy.
- Ingress Controller: Nginx Ingress for routing. SSL with cert-manager.
- Monitoring: Prometheus + Grafana. Know when things break.
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