Adding black boxes on top of black boxes is not a good way to abstract complexity. Helm does nothing more than any template engine does, yet requires me to trust not only the competency of some random chart author but also that they will correctly account for how my k8s environment is configured.
When I inevitably have to debug some deployment, now I'm digging through not only the raw k8s config, but also whatever complexity Helm has added on to obfuscate that k8s config complexity.
Helm is an illusion. All it does is hide important details from you.
Adding black boxes on top of black boxes is not a good way to abstract complexity. Helm does nothing more than any template engine does, yet requires me to trust not only the competency of some random chart author but also that they will correctly account for how my k8s environment is configured.
When I inevitably have to debug some deployment, now I'm digging through not only the raw k8s config, but also whatever complexity Helm has added on to obfuscate that k8s config complexity.
Helm is an illusion. All it does is hide important details from you.