For the purpose of full disclosure: I worked at Elastifile, some time before and after acquisition. In terms of development of Kubernetes, I have nothing to do with it. We might have been among the early adopters, but that's about it. At my first encounter with Kubernetes I knew about it just as much as any other ops / infra programmer who'd be tasked with using it outside of Google (we actually started using it long before the acquisition).

I do, however, greatly regret that Kubernetes exists. I cherish the idea that instead of writing non-distributed applications and then trying to stitch them using the immense bloat that is Kubernetes the industry will turn to a framework that enables making applications distributed "from the inside" (like Erlang's OTP). I see Kubernetes as a "lazy" way into the future, where we waste a lot of infrastructure to cover for lack of talent and desire to learn how to do things right.

For me, Kubernetes sits in the same spot with planned obsolescence, unnecessary plastic bags and cigarette butts in the ocean. It's the comfort of today at the expense of the much greater struggle tomorrow.