In 2020, during the pandemic lockdown, I built a working Kubernetes CSI Driver prototype in a hackathon.
It was good enough to win. But turning it into a production-ready integration took months — and eventually required a team of 3 additional engineers to get there.
Same person. Same domain. Same company. Months, plus a team.
Fast forward five years.
I built a production Kubernetes Operator (a more complex project) in 2 weeks. Solo. No team allocation. No formal project approval. Just me and a workflow I’d developed almost by accident.
