When creating a kubernetes deployment I set .spec.replicas to my minimum desired number of replicas. Then I create a horizontal pod autoscaler with minimum and maximum replicas.
The easiest way to do the next deployment is to use this same lower bound. When combining it with autoscaling should I set replicas to the minimum desired as used before or should I get the current number of replicas and start from there? This would involve an extra roundtrip to the api, so if it's not needed would be preferable.