I don't disagree, and there's plenty of room for other competitors to arise. We see some Kamal mentions. Microsoft keeps trying to make Dapr a thing, godspeed.
But very few other options exist that have the same scope scale & extensibility, that allow them to become broadly adopted platform infrastructure. The folks saying you might not need Kubernetes, in my view, do a massive disservice by driving people to fragmentedly piece by piece constructing their own unique paths, rather than being a part of something broader. In my view theres just too many reasons why you want your platform to be something socially prevalent, to be well travelled by others too, and right now there are few other large popular extensible platforms that suit this beyond Kubernetes.
But very few other options exist that have the same scope scale & extensibility, that allow them to become broadly adopted platform infrastructure. The folks saying you might not need Kubernetes, in my view, do a massive disservice by driving people to fragmentedly piece by piece constructing their own unique paths, rather than being a part of something broader. In my view theres just too many reasons why you want your platform to be something socially prevalent, to be well travelled by others too, and right now there are few other large popular extensible platforms that suit this beyond Kubernetes.