> It is more complex, but the efforts will return value.

It seems Kubernetes is often the wrong tool for the job. The industry, and even Google is starting to recognize that, e.g. Kelsey with his "Monoliths are the future" [1] statement.

That said, boy do I like Kubernetes... It is extremely complex, though, and often its deployment seems not to be justified.

[1] https://changelog.com/posts/monoliths-are-the-future

It just seems like a whole lot of complexity that no one in our team understands especially well (it's another person in the team that does most of the kubernetes stuff).

So far I have seen little benefit.