In Kubernetes We Trust
Last year, the "Pros and cons of using Kubernetes as a development platform" session was presented at EclipseCon in Ludwigsburg. The main message was that, indeed, Kubernetes is complex and sometimes there are caveats and tradeoffs to make, but it is evolving rapidly with plenty of new features and opportunities available with every release. Today it is time to reflect a bit more on this topic.
If you are considering building your own development platform it is recommended to read the brilliant “Production Kubernetes” book, where a multitude of potential options are described in great detail:
Figure 1: The multitude of options available to provide an application platform to developers.
