The elephant in the room: People who have gotten over the K8s learning curve almost all tell you it isn't actually that bad.
Most people who have not attempted the learning curve, or have just dipped their toe in, will tell you they are scared of the complexity.
An anecdotal datapoint: My standard lecture teaching developers how to interact with K8s takes almost precisely 30 minutes to have them writing Helm charts for themselves. I have given it a whole bunch of times and it seems to do the job.
An anecdotal datapoint: My standard lecture teaching developers how to interact with K8s takes almost precisely 30 minutes to have them writing Helm charts for themselves. I have given it a whole bunch of times and it seems to do the job.