AI Generates K8s YAML in Seconds: Where Is the Ops Engineer's Value?
The author tests AI tools like DeepSeek and ChatGPT for Kubernetes YAML generation, finding they handle standard templates well but fail on cluster-specific configs, security hardening, probe tuning, resource sizing, and complex multi-CRD scenarios, arguing ops value shifts from writing YAML to troubleshooting, architecture decisions, and platform building.
