I don't do much deployment but I'm in the same boat. Something something docker automation?

> Its 2026 and its the de facto method of deploying software basically everywhere.

That is some really impressive bubble you are living within. Basically everywhere - nowhere near that, no.

[edit]: Maybe containers, but software in general is so much more broad than containers.

Everywhere, huh? Still plenty just running on VMs or serverless that don't need full blown container orchestration.

I'll agree that (nearly) everyone should know when Kubernetes is useful, but let's not pretend its the default method for everything. Even then, choosing to deploy on K8s falls on the sysadmins/DevOps I wouldn't expect the devs know or do much more than provide the Dockerfile.

2026 is the year for vercel and Render.