Vercel and Heroku are great, until the bill hits $5,000/month. Then, complexity becomes cheaper than convenience.
The PaaS Trap
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) providers abstract away the servers. This is perfect for MVP. But as you scale, you pay a "convenience tax".
The Argument for Containers
Dockerizing your app is a must, regardless of where you deploy. It ensures that "it works on my machine" means it works in production.
When K8s Makes Sense
Switch to Kubernetes when you need:
- Fine-grained control over autoscaling rules.
- Microservices communicating over a private mesh.
- Vendor neutrality (move from AWS to Azure in a day).
If you don't have a dedicated DevOps engineer, stick to PaaS.
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