[tj1516]

> We don't need to deploy environments super often, so just do it manually and update documentation in the process if any variations are needed.

So you don't need to deploy multiple times or you don't do it because the system is stable when you deploy less often? I mean is it by choice or because of some tool or expertise limitation?

> Also, for architecture stored in text files - does that cause any problems for you?

[rjst01]

We deploy our services on every merge (multiple times a day) from CI assuming the tests pass. But we don’t re-create our Kubernetes infra when we do that. I set up 3 Kubernetes clusters (staging, prod, internal apps) when I went full-time and have barely touched them other than to apply updates.

> does that cause any problems for you?

Nope. Our Kubernetes setup is just about as simple as it is possible to have a Kubernetes setup. I entertained the idea of going with something else, because we definitely don’t need all Kubernetes has to offer. But I settled on it because it’s what I know best and the overhead+risk of something new would have exceeded the cost of the unnecessary for us baggage that Kubernetes brings.

If our requirements were different or if I was making regular changes, we would be in a very different spot. But as it stands today it is just not a priority.