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title: "Docker & Kubernetes Services: Kensink Labs"
description: "Reproducible Docker builds and right-sized Kubernetes from a senior lab. No accidental complexity, full source ownership."
source: "https://www.kensink.com/technologies/docker-kubernetes/"
canonical: "https://www.kensink.com/technologies/docker-kubernetes/"
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★ Docker & Kubernetes Technologies & Infrastructure 8-week engagement

CONTAINERS · DOCKER + K8S

# Docker and Kubernetes, by senior engineers. Reproducible builds, right-sized orchestration.

Docker for reproducible builds everywhere. Kubernetes when the scale and team genuinely call for it, and something simpler when they do not.

Docker Kubernetes Helm

[Start a conversation →](https://www.kensink.com/contact) [All technologies →](https://www.kensink.com/technologies)

Cycle

8 weeks · fixed price

Stack

Docker / K8s

Output

Production code + eval suite

Handoff

Full source ownership

\[THE SHORT VERSION\]

## Containers yes, Kubernetes maybe.

Docker is almost always worth it: reproducible builds and dev-prod parity. Kubernetes is powerful and operationally heavy. We recommend it when scale, multi-service complexity, and team maturity justify it, not by default.

When it fits

-   Reproducible builds and consistent environments (Docker)
-   Many services at scale with a team to operate them (Kubernetes)
-   Migrating off bespoke deploy scripts

When it does not

-   Small apps where a managed platform is simpler

\[HOW WE BUILD IT\]

## How we build with Docker & Kubernetes.

01

### Scope and fit

We decide where Docker & Kubernetes earns its place in your system, and where a simpler tool wins. No resume-driven architecture.

02

### Build on a tested foundation

We integrate Docker & Kubernetes against a foundation we trust: typed code, CI, and observability from the first commit. Boring infrastructure, modern surface.

03

### Eval before launch

An eval suite proves the build behaves before it reaches a user. We measure, then ship.

04

### Handoff with ownership

Your team gets the code, the tests, and a runbook. No lock-in to us or to a vendor framework.

\[ WHAT YOU GET \]

## What the engagement leaves behind.

Senior

Engineers who have shipped this before

100%

Source ownership at handoff

Eval-first

Tested before it ships

0

Framework lock-in

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\[RELATED\]

## Worth a look next.

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Technologies

AWS

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Design Patterns

Microservices

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Technologies

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APPLIED K-FRAMEWORK

## Bring the problem.  
We’ll bring the build.

Senior engineers, eval suite at handoff, full source ownership. Sprint, program, or ongoing. We shape the engagement to the work.

[Start a conversation →](https://www.kensink.com/contact) [Read the K-Framework](https://www.kensink.com/k-framework)