Kubernetes (also called K8s) remains the most in-demand container for developers. Originally developed by engineers at Google, K8s has achieved global fame as the go-to solution for hosting across on-premise, public, private, or hybrid clouds. Insights from Statista show the Kubernetes market share of the public cloud went from 16% in 2021 to 45% in 2022. Another report on the state of Kubernetes in 2022 by VMware revealed that the adoption of Kubernetes has skyrocketed among large enterprises with 1,000 employees or more— from 27% in 2018 to 48% in 2020.
However, despite its rise in popularity, some challenges persist, disallowing DevOps teams from reaping the full benefits of building cloud-native applications with K8s. How do they walk the tightrope and deliver their best projects? Let’s take a quick trip together.