Hey! Very simply, Kubernetes puts containers on servers. It takes care of a lot of logic around scheduling, networking, health checks (i.e. what happens if a pod goes down).<p>I wrote a blog post that breaks down basic Kube architecture, if you&#x27;re interested: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.redspread.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;31&#x2F;basic-kubernetes-vocabulary&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.redspread.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;31&#x2F;basic-kubernetes-vocab...</a><p>A little history - it&#x27;s an open source project by Google, modeled after Google&#x27;s infrastructure (Borg&#x2F;Omega). Many of the engineers who designed Borg&#x2F;Omega are chief architects of Kubernetes.