Docker vs Kubernetes: Do You Actually Need an Orchestrator Yet?

<h1> K3s vs K8s: When K3s Actually Wins in Production </h1> <p>We migrated 12 edge clusters from K8s to K3s. Here's the honest breakdown — when K3s actually wins, when it costs

<p>Every major cloud provider offers a managed Kubernetes service now - including IBM Cloud's IKS. The marketing language is nearly identical across all of them: fully managed,

<p>Containers are now a core part of modern engineering. They bundle code, dependencies, and runtime in a portable package that runs consistently across environments. As

<p><em>Why the right question isn't "where do I start with Kubernetes", but "what problem am I actually solving".</em></p> <h2> The claim that tends to bother people </h2>

<p>"Use Kubernetes in production, Docker Compose is just for development." You've probably heard this. It's not wrong — but it's also not the whole story. For small teams,

<p>If you have already explored <a href="https://bibekkakati.com/blog/docker-explained-containers-and-architecture" rel="noopener noreferrer">Docker</a>, you know how convenient

<p>Over two weeks I moved six self-hosted services from Docker Compose onto Kubernetes — ArgoCD, supply-chain policy, the whole GitOps loop. Then, in a single day, I moved all six

<p>Every time container orchestration comes up, the conversation almost immediately turns into Kubernetes.</p> <p>And I understand why.</p> <p>Kubernetes is powerful. It has a