I was part of the team that proposed this manner of operation (Kubernetes Operator)[1]/controller and it's immensely cool to see a competent team make what seems like an incredible one that really scales the business.

I had always assumed databases would be the silo that had the most benefits for an Operator. There are a few good Postgres Operators, but not many outside of that which actually do the day 2 operations.

[1]: https://operatorhub.io/what-is-an-operator

thanks rob! It does help that we are backed by object storage, and we try to make architecture choices that keep the system simple and safe to roll out at any time.