This blog’s starter project can be found at github.com/qstarsit/hcloud-kube-hetzner\nKubernetes is a brilliant workload API, the community has built a highly extensible standard which abstracts the underlying machines and infrastructure from our application deployments. However, the cloud-native ecosystem can come with a sense of vendor lock-in. Functionality like managed load balancing, seamless node autoscaling, extensive storage options, integrated networking, and polished operational tooling are what you pay a premium for.\n