Single node VPS? Yeah, I mean with a smaller distro (Talos/k0s) it’s still fine, but your not utilising clustering which is a lot of the benefit.

If you are keen for gitops (like I am) consider nix or hell a docker-compose and restic backup cron.

Big Asterix is - if you are doing this as a learning tool for $job go nuts, it’s incredible experience for work. But Ive knownna few people that got burnt out doing k8s for work and then k8s at home…