Twenty-five Helm flags, template functions, chart features and tools that most daily users never touch, each with the operational problem it solves. Written after two years of writing and managing Helm packages in production.
What Helm does with a hook step by step, the three things hooks do not do that everyone assumes they do, a migration Job that survives a rollback, and when an initContainer or an Argo CD sync wave is the better tool. Written after two years of writing and managing Helm packages in production.
Why a changed ConfigMap restarts nothing, the Helm checksum annotation done properly, the two mistakes that make it silently do nothing, and when an immutable ConfigMap, Reloader, or a reload sidecar is the better tool. Written after two years of writing and managing Helm packages in production.
Why your pod is stuck in Pending, why it lands on the wrong node, and how WaitForFirstConsumer fixes local storage scheduling for good.
Running CERN's file sync-and-share middleware on Kubernetes with OCM federation
A step-by-step guide to running Grafana OnCall without any egress to grafana.com — using OCI artifacts, init containers, and Kubernetes secrets to deliver plugins in restricted environments.