I read it as an article in defence of boring tech with a fancier/clickbaity title.

Here’s the more honest one i wrote a while back:

https://aazar.me/posts/in-defense-of-boring-technology

While I agree with your points, this one could be more nuanced:

> Infrastructure: Bare Server > Containers > Kubernetes

The problem with recommending a bare server first is that bare metal fails. Usually every couple of years a component fails - a PSU, a controller, a drive. Also, a bare metal server is more expensive than VPS.

Paradoxically, a k3s distro with 3 small nodes and a load balancer at Hetzner may cost you less than a bare metal server and will definitely give you much better availability in the long run, albeit with less performance for the same money.