But languages are easy, there is the whole field of PL theory to draw from. If you're randomly throwing things together like Lerdorf was, there's a missed opportunity.
But what is the universally regarded theory that k8s contradicts? I don't think there is one.
In fact, I'd say that k8s is unusually heavily stepped in high-brow theories from both engineering and AI space. Just not necessarily ones that enjoy hype right now.
The storage of apiserver essentially works as distributed Blackboard in a "Blackboard System", with every controller being an agent in such a system. Meanwhile the agents themselves approach their tasks from control theory areas - oft used comparison is with PID controllers.
But what is the universally regarded theory that k8s contradicts? I don't think there is one.