It's a little bit out of date now but we're working on an updated version that deals with managing upgrades, CI/CD for infrastructure and adding other pieces of cloud infrastructure in a way that the Kube cluster can access it seamlessly.
Reducing friction. At the time private zones in Kops were more of a PITA to setup and I would have had to explain a bunch more stuff in the article.
I might look at that again when I redo the guide. Also considering switching to the new Gossip based discovery mechanism so that Route 53 isn't even a requirement. I was recently setting up a cluster for a customer and they complained about having to use Route 53.
It's a little bit out of date now but we're working on an updated version that deals with managing upgrades, CI/CD for infrastructure and adding other pieces of cloud infrastructure in a way that the Kube cluster can access it seamlessly.