well shit. i think i'm starting to understand actually kubernetes.
i got a new instance of mastodon spun up on a cluster (after fixing a few of the issues that the chart had), then stuffed in some creature comforts that i don't like to live without when it comes to that social media platform, and now i'm just continuing to experiment with stuff and eventually i'll get monitoring set up for it.
i've progressed a lot in the last few years. i didn't get nearly this far the last few times i tried running kubernetes.