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Why the “K8s is dying” meme keeps spreading, what teams are actually switching to, and why Kubernetes still quietly runs the internet.
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“Kubernetes is dead.”
If I had a dollar for every time I’ve seen that headline on Hacker News or Twitter (sorry, X), I’d finally cover this month’s EKS bill.
Here’s the thing: Kubernetes isn’t dead. It isn’t even limping. It’s quietly orchestrating billions of dollars of production workloads for banks, retailers, and cloud giants. The only thing dying is developer patience when a startup spins up Istio for a blog with 500 monthly visits.
This isn’t new. Mainframes? Declared obsolete for 40 years still running Wall Street. Java? Pronounced dead every decade still powering Android and banks. Kubernetes is the same undead raid boss: nerfed a hundred times, still wiping teams in 2025.
So why does the “death” narrative keep trending? Because some teams are bailing. Some jump to serverless. Others try lightweight orchestrators. Sohail Saifi even went viral arguing tech giants are moving to five alternatives. But here’s the twist: those tools aren’t K8s killers. They’re wrappers, abstractions, or situational picks and most still ride on Kubernetes under…
