Observation: Kubernetes weight loss
Here is an interesting trend of simplification and minimisation of workload orchestrators happening now.
In the last decade, we transitioned from docker primitives to full-fledged Kubernetes platforms.
Ironically, nowadays, often, we are moving away from massive and all-mighty Kubernetes distros like Rancher, OpenShift in favour of something tiny and easy to use like k3s or even MRSK.
The primary reasons for this shift are: