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A newsletter covering DevOps, containers, and other things Developer Advocate Tao thinks are neat

This month, we're putting our focus on all things Helm, the Kubernetes package manager. And if you don't yet have your own Kubernetes cluster, we show you how you, with just 4 lines of code, can create a cluster on AWS with Pulumi.

Visualize Helm Charts

with Helm Dashboard

When you're upgrading your Helm Charts, wouldn't it be great if you could visualize the diff before upgrading? With Komodor's Helm Dashboard, you get a visual view into Helm without needing to install anything on your cluster. Yes, it's just a Helm plugin!

Chart with confidence →

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Validate and inspect your Helm Charts with Monokle Desktop

Highlight errors and any invalid resources using Monokle Desktop, an IDE for K8s YAML. And if you're having trouble finding which file your values.yaml file is acting on, Monokle makes it easy.

Behold, Perfection →

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Generate K8s manifests from scratch with AI 🤖

K8s resources are infamous for their verbosity. Get a robot to do it with Gener8.

"They Rebelled. They Evolved." →

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Don't have a cluster? Here for the team-up is Pulumi x Garden

In just 4 lines you can create a cluster in Python or any other language on AWS. And now, with Garden's Pulumi plugin, you can set your Helm Charts (managed by Garden, naturally), to depend on your Pulumi-created cluster 🤯!!

If you're used to Terraform, let Garden co-founder, Þórarinn Sigurðsson, give you the grand tour of Terraform vs Pulumi in his latest blogpost.

Mortal Combat? →

🌸 Cabinet of Curiosities

What your author is thinking of this week:

Glorious Toolkit makes moldable developer environments specific for you and your code. You kind of just need to watch this fantastic video to grok it.
If you didn't get enough Pulumi, there's more of co-founder Þórarinn Sigurðsson giving us the tour of the killer app you get when you bring Garden into the mix.
Automate container image update on your K8s cluster with Keel.

✍🏻 By Tao Hansen

I am happiest when I help others. That’s why I’d love to help you wherever you are in your container development story, even if you’re brand new. Please reply to this email or reach out on Twitter or Mastodon if you find containers scary, unapproachable or just would like to rubberduck 🦆