There is also https://skateco.github.io/ which (at quick glance) seems similar

I share the author's sentiment completely. At my day job, I manage multiple Kubernetes clusters running dozens of microservices with relative ease. However, for my hobby projects—which generate no revenue and thus have minimal budgets—I find myself in a frustrating position: desperately wanting to use Kubernetes but unable to due to its resource requirements. Kubernetes is simply too resource-intensive to run on a $10/month VPS with just 1 shared vCPU and 2GB of RAM.

This limitation creates numerous headaches. Instead of Deployments, I'm stuck with manual docker compose up/down commands over SSH. Rather than using Ingress, I have to rely on Traefik's container discovery functionality. Recently, I even wrote a small script to manage crontab idempotently because I can't use CronJobs. I'm constantly reinventing solutions to problems that Kubernetes already solves—just less efficiently.

What I really wish for is a lightweight alternative offering a Kubernetes-compatible API that runs well on inexpensive VPS instances. The gap between enterprise-grade container orchestration and affordable hobby hosting remains frustratingly wide.

This is a great approach which resonates with me a lot. It's really frustrating that there is no simple way to run a multi-host Docker/Podman (Docker Swarm is abandonware since 2019 unfortunately). However, in my opinion K8s has the worst API and UX possible. I find Docker Compose spec much more user friendly. So I'm experimenting with a multi-host docker-compose at the moment: https://github.com/psviderski/uncloud

This is a great approach which resonates with me a lot. It's really frustrating that there is no simple way to run a multi-host Docker/Podman (Docker Swarm is abandonware since 2019 unfortunately). However, in my opinion K8s has the worst API and UX possible. I find Docker Compose spec much more user friendly. So I'm experimenting with a multi-host docker-compose at the moment: https://github.com/psviderski/uncloud

I wish it was possible to run a Debian VM on iOS.

For laptops, there are many nice options. But for tablets, the latest iPads are currently unmatched at under 600 grams for a 13" tablet. So I would love to use one of those.