Ask HN: Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift, etc – how do you deploy your products?

I use docker extensively with python backed ansible scripts to manage my product deployments (with a jenkins CI/CD pipeline). That has been a lot of fun, but I have also played with both Kubernetes and Openshift. I love what Openshift Origin can do, but the learning curve is like a brick wall (See Dwarf Fortress Fun for an example) and the costs are far from minimal. Kubernetes is easier to learn, but comes with its own gotchas. What do you do to maintain stable deployments that allow for easy CI/CD? How do you minimize costs with your solution?