# Cloud without Kubernetes

DevFeed: [Cloud without Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/cloud-without-kubernetes-22992.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://bravenewgeek.com/cloud-without-kubernetes/>)

Author: Drew

Published: 2024-02-12T18:58:13Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Brave New Geek](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/brave-new-geek.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [Google Cloud Platform (GCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-cloud.md>)

Tags: [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cloud-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-native.md>), [cloud-run](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-run.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [gcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gcp.md>), [google-cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google-cloud.md>), [infrastructure-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-engineering.md>), [internal-developer-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internal-developer-platform.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [migrations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migrations.md>), [ops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ops.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [product-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-development.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article questions whether Kubernetes is the right abstraction for every cloud workload. It describes organizations choosing serverless approaches instead, including a customer migrating an e-commerce platform to Google Cloud without Kubernetes, while noting concerns about workload fit, re-architecting, cost, and efficiency.

## Source excerpt

I think it's safe to say Kubernetes has "won" the cloud mindshare game. If you look at the CNCF Cloud Native landscape (and manage to not go cross eyed), it seems like most of the projects are somehow related to Kubernetes. KubeCon is one of the fastest-growing industry events. Companies we talk to at Real Kinetic who are either preparing for or currently executing migrations to the cloud are centering their strategies around Kubernetes. Those already in the cloud are investing heavily in platform-izing their Kubernetes environment. Kubernetes competitors like Nomad, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, and Rancher have sort of just faded to the background (or simply pivoted to Kubernetes). In many ways, "cloud native" seems to be equated with "Kubernetes".