Ask HN: What is your Kubernetes nightmare? 8 by wg0 | 4 comments on Hacker News. Everything self-hosted has its maintenance tax but why Kubernetes (especially self hosted) is so hard? What aspect is that makes Kubernetes operationally so hard? - Is it the networking model that is simple from the consumption standpoint but has too many moving parts for it to be implemented? - Is it the storage model, CSI and friends? - Is it the bunch of controller loops doing their own things with nothing that gives a "wholesome" picture to identify the root cause? For me personally, first and foremost thing on my mind is the networking details. They are "automatically generated" by each CNI solution in slightly different ways and constructs (iptables, virtual bridges, routing daemons, eBPF etc etc) and because they are generated, it is not uncommon to find hundreds of iptable rules and chains on a single node and/or similar configuration. Being automated, these solutions generat...