Helm is a popular tool for templating and packaging Kubernetes resources, but does it mean it's the best? In this episode of KubeFM, Jacco draws a parallel between Helm and PHP and the similarity in which both tools became a success despite their focus on templating strings. You will also learn: Helm's flaws and how you can avoid them. Alternative tools that can (partially) replace Helm. How to manage third-party packages and templating internal YAML resources. Jacco shared several examples demonstrating duplication in Helm charts and a lack of structured typing. Find all the links and info for this episode here: https://kube.fm/helm-flawed-jacco Links Why Helm's design is flawed Helm Argo CD GitOps Prometheus ELK stack Vidicrowd Kubernetes official documentation PHP. Helm templating strings Helm nindent helper Visual Studio Code Kubernetes Tools ingress-nginx chart kube-prometheus-stack chart Probes in Kubernetes Javascript the good parts (meme) Kustomize Zeeland