what is kubernetes and how do you use it

Operators are good for automating the knowledge of how to operate a complex system, but does it make sense to use “one-off orchestration logic” to manage an application, when there are existing patterns and primitives that you could use? Rancher Labs Chief Technology Officer Darren Shepherd strongly encourages developers to look at GitOps and other configuration management options before they consider writing their own operator, which he suggested to the New Stack should be reserved for only the most advanced use cases. Right now invest your IT teams time in GitOps, not operators. Writing operators is a very advanced use case that should be almost never recommended. I can’t disagree with this article enough. But the complexities of CRD lifecycle management they bring with them means that writing an operator will not always be the best solution for your own applications, because you’re creating more code to maintain. In the world of Kubernetes, Operators have quickly become a popular pattern far beyond their initial use for encoding deep operational knowledge about running stateful applications and services like Prometheus.

What is kubernetes and how do you use it