So far, using Kubernetes has been deploying toy apps or someone else's recipie. But now, I have a couple practical things I'd like to deploy. First, I'd like to spin up an SMTP server of some sort. I know all the bits that are needed, but so far all the articles I'm reading deploy mail as a shim to another smart host. I'd also like to consider doing IMAP or Webmail, but we'll have to see about that.

Another thing I'd like to try is VoIP -- I was running a few servers in the past, but I'd like to see something modern and figure out a bit about persistence. I think both of these might make good learning opportunites, and have a cool desired outcome effect.

Edit: While I had strong intentions, I didn't end up with as strong follow through yet -- but I did do a bit of good research for this. I have done some general cloud stuff, now I have to do some Kubernetes and Docker stuff.