We ran a three-node message broker as a StatefulSet, and for two years every operational habit we applied to it came from Deployments. Scale it down to save money overnight, scale it back in the morning. Delete a stuck pod and let the controller sort it out.
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/sergey_shinder_ab2d943365/the-statefulset-we-kept-treating-like-a-deployment-33hp)