Vanilla K8s is not meant to be directly used by everyone. Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqQTEdHVaCw for insight on how K8s team expect the project to move forward. Frameworks like OpenDeis and Knative are meant to be used by developers.
IMO K8s will become akin to Linux Kernel. Almost no one uses bare mainline Linux kernels, you choose a distro based on your needs. Companies like RedHat and Canonical will pop up and provide their own packaged "distros" of K8s and you will choose which philosophy best suits your needs.
IMO K8s will become akin to Linux Kernel. Almost no one uses bare mainline Linux kernels, you choose a distro based on your needs. Companies like RedHat and Canonical will pop up and provide their own packaged "distros" of K8s and you will choose which philosophy best suits your needs.