From the article, the goal was not to simplify, but rather to modernize:
> So instead, I'd like to switch to deploying my website with containers (be it Docker, Kubernetes, or otherwise), matching the vast majority of software deployed any time in the last decade.
Containers offer many benefits. To name some: process isolation, increased security, standardized logging and mature horizontal scalability.
> So instead, I'd like to switch to deploying my website with containers (be it Docker, Kubernetes, or otherwise), matching the vast majority of software deployed any time in the last decade.
Containers offer many benefits. To name some: process isolation, increased security, standardized logging and mature horizontal scalability.