Replacing Kubernetes for Small Apps With W7S
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Kubernetes is powerful because it can run almost anything. Pods, Deployments, Services, Ingress, Jobs, CronJobs, ConfigMaps, Secrets, volumes, operators, service meshes, and controllers can model a huge range of systems.
That flexibility is also why Kubernetes is often too much for small apps.
Many apps do not need a cluster. They need:
- a frontend;
- a few backend routes;
- a database;
- file storage;
- a background queue;
- a schedule;
- a durable workflow;
- a deploy path from GitHub;
- logs and usage feedback.
W7S is designed for that smaller shape.