cluster-proportional-autoscaler lets you scale the number of replicas for a Kubernetes deployment or replication controller based on the size of the cluster, allowing for more efficient use of resources and easier management of large-scale applications.

More: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-proportional-autoscaler

Pinniped is the easy, secure way to log in to your Kubernetes clusters.

More: https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/pinniped

Helmfile is a declarative specification for deploying Helm charts.

It lets you:

- Keep a directory of chart value files and maintain changes in version control.
- Apply CI/CD to configuration changes.
- Periodically sync to avoid skew in environments.

More: https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile

kubectl-browse-pvc is a tool for browsing the contents of a Kubernetes Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) from the command line.

It eliminates the need to create temporary pods to inspect PVCs.

More: https://github.com/clbx/kubectl-browse-pvc

Adnan Rahić, Staff Developer Advocate at Tracetest, discusses effective team organization. He explains:

Composition of platform teams:

- Mix of SREs, developers, and QAs
- Focus on developer experience, reliability, and performance

Benefits of specialization within teams:

- Dedicated groups for performance optimization using profiling and observability tools
- Teams focused on infrastructure cost management

Importance of clear team structure:

- Leverages individual strengths
- Facilitates collaboration
- Enables further specialization

Adnan emphasizes that this approach leads to more efficient and focused teams in complex Kubernetes environments.

Watch the full interview: https://kube.fm/telemetry-platforming-adnan

mani-diffy is a tool that walks a hierarchy of Argo CD Application templates, renders Kubernetes manifests from the input templates, and posts the rendered files back for the user to review and validate.

More: https://github.com/chime/mani-diffy

This article describes how City Storage Systems built a self-healing framework for their Kubernetes platform, automating the detection and resolution of various failure modes, including Spot node preemptions, unreachable nodes, and network issues.

More: https://techblog.citystoragesystems.com/p/kubernetes-self-healing

Kraan is a tool for deploying and managing platforms on top of Kubernetes by applying "layers" of addons with dependencies.

More: https://github.com/fidelity/kraan

kapp is a simple deployment tool focused on the concept of "Kubernetes application" — a set of resources with the same label.

More: https://github.com/carvel-dev/kapp

GitOps Bridge is a community project that aims to showcase best practices and patterns for bridging the process of creating a Kubernetes cluster and subsequently managing everything through GitOps.

It focuses on using ArgoCD or FluxCD.

More: https://github.com/gitops-bridge-dev/gitops-bridge