Tl;dr: Our recent evaluation of Kubernetes underscored its suitability for scaling Coinbase into the future. In the past, a migration to Kubernetes raised concerns due to the operational burden of running and securing the control plane in-house. We’ve now concluded that managed Kubernetes offerings reduce this operational burden without compromising our stack security.
By Clare Curtis, Coinbase Staff Software Engineer
Almost two years ago we released a blog post detailing why Kubernetes is not part of our technical stack. At the time, migrating to Kubernetes would have created a whole new set of problems that outweighed any near-term benefits. However, as these technologies have matured, our newly-formed Compute Team devised a strategy for leveraging Kubernetes in a way that can deliver a more flexible and scalable version of our current system.
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