At scale, Kubernetes is an operations platform. The hard parts become governance, observability, and reducing cognitive load for teams.
01. Platformization
Provide paved paths: templates, golden charts, and standard pipelines. Reduce options so teams can move faster with fewer footguns.
02. Runtime security
Harden workloads with least privilege, image policies, and namespace isolation. Make security defaults automatic, not optional.
03. SLO-driven operations
Tie alerts to user impact. Reduce noise, define ownership, and rehearse incident response so recovery is routine, not heroic.