TBH author sounds like a bit of a broccoli from their time at Google. The public sees this same attitude "in the wild" though, with Kubernetes, which is a thoroughly inappropriate solution in many cases (but is absolutely right in some). But once you've bitten that bug, if there's a computer problem, step 1 is going to always be "first, set up a kubernetes cluster because I've forgotten how to computer without that".
If, during an interview, someone couldn't move past "well, I'd just use kubernetes" or give other possible solutions then I could see myself questioning how appropriate they are for a role and consider other candidates.
If, during an interview, someone couldn't move past "well, I'd just use kubernetes" or give other possible solutions then I could see myself questioning how appropriate they are for a role and consider other candidates.