Adopting Kubernetes? Here Are Some Pitfalls You Should Avoid
Knowing your way around a tool is key to putting it to good use, and this concept doesn’t just apply to your weekend hobby projects. It’s just as true of DevOps essentials like Kubernetes as it is of an artist’s favorite brushes or a woodworker’s lathe – Cultivating a thorough understanding of your systems enhances the work you produce.
…Or at least it should. Many devs barely have enough time to learn the basics of their preferred toolkits, let alone dive into the intricacies that make them enterprise-worthy. The reality is that mastering Kubernetes is no small task. Although its complexity isn’t out of line for such a powerful tool, it tends to work against those trying to find their footing.
That’s exactly why we created the 2022 Kubernetes Benchmarking Study. With adoption growing at a healthy pace, more teams are leveraging cloud-native workflows (but not always with the results they might expect). So my team and I spent months studying more than 1160 dev teams across the industry spectrum to benchmark their K8s setups and practices. In the process, we explored questions including:
- What distinguishes high-performance organizations’ K8s usage?
- How might a team’s structure, culture, and approach impact its success at wrangling K8s?
- Is there a viable path from an underperforming K8s novice to a successful containerization master?
- Is there a right way to create a future-proof K8s setup?Â