VirtusLab shows how to ditch Helm by converting charts into single Kubernetes manifest templates for full control. They demonstrate using their “render” tool to flatten, clean, and version your deployment manifests.
VirtusLab shares concerns about Helm’s hype, especially around its Tiller component and templating complexity. They point out how it adds layers—like auth and templating—that often create more work than value.
This article by VirtusLab walks through how a Kubernetes cluster is provisioned from first principles, detailing the components and technologies involved in bootstrapping nodes and orchestrating services. It explains how bare-metal and cloud setups follow similar high-level steps.
A general abstraction extends functions into composable building blocks, enabling the expression of business logic as data flows. This shift transforms side‑effecting, exception‑ridden code into clean, purely functional pipelines.
