Google admits Kubernetes container tech is so complex, it's had to roll out an Autopilot feature to do it all for you

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““Despite 6 years of progress, Kubernetes is still incredibly complex,” said Drew Bradstock, product lead for Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).”

Tim Andersontheregister.com ↗

Google built Kubernetes, pushed it on the industry and now sells a managed layer to hide it. Autopilot only runs on Google Cloud. Make the open tool hard, then charge to make it easy. The complexity was never a bug in the business plan.