Kubernetes is a remarkably powerful technology and has achieved a meteoric rise in popularity. It has formed the basis for genuine advances in the way we manage software deployments. API-driven software and distributed systems were well established, if not widely adopted, when Kubernetes emerged. It delivered excellent renditions of these principles, which are foundational to its success, but it also delivered something else that is vital. In the recent past, software that autonomously converged on declared, desired state was possible only in giant technology companies with the most talented engineering teams.

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