Listen, I've spent way too many nights fixing container crashes to sugarcoat this. The whole "Kubernetes vs. Docker" debate often misses the mark because folks keep comparing apples to trucks. After helping dozens of teams untangle their container strategies, I want to set the record straight with some real talk.
Back in 2019, I watched a startup waste six months trying to implement Kubernetes when all they needed was basic Docker. Then last year, I saw the opposite - a company buckling under manual Docker management when Kubernetes could've saved their sanity. Let's avoid these headaches, shall we?