I agree with you that bash heavy complex things are best suited for something like ansible.
However, deploying containers to environments like openshift and kubernetes is extremely simple with jenkins. I don't think that's complicated at all. As a rule of thumb, you should be able to hide all the complexity in your deployment in the dockerfile. In addition, you can always use jenkins "build with container" functionality to build your application in a dedicated container on the fly. Many ways to hide complexity with jenkins.
I do agree with you that jenkins is abused because it is more than a CI/CD tool. I think that you need some experience using it to know what works well and what doesnt. Unfortunately in the new age "sprint agile" world some random guy has to pingeonhole crap into jenkins in 2 week time windows that shouldnt be there in the first place.
I also think that many devs underestimate what you can do running local jenkins as a tar file on your macbook. I like using jenkins to automate tedious tasks for myself. As an example, it is trivial to write yourself a custom github code scanner that will scan all files and folders in as many repos as you want. I like using jenkins for outside the box things like that.
However, deploying containers to environments like openshift and kubernetes is extremely simple with jenkins. I don't think that's complicated at all. As a rule of thumb, you should be able to hide all the complexity in your deployment in the dockerfile. In addition, you can always use jenkins "build with container" functionality to build your application in a dedicated container on the fly. Many ways to hide complexity with jenkins.
I do agree with you that jenkins is abused because it is more than a CI/CD tool. I think that you need some experience using it to know what works well and what doesnt. Unfortunately in the new age "sprint agile" world some random guy has to pingeonhole crap into jenkins in 2 week time windows that shouldnt be there in the first place.
I also think that many devs underestimate what you can do running local jenkins as a tar file on your macbook. I like using jenkins to automate tedious tasks for myself. As an example, it is trivial to write yourself a custom github code scanner that will scan all files and folders in as many repos as you want. I like using jenkins for outside the box things like that.