Repeatable Deployments with Kubernetes, Helm & Bazel
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Shows how Bazel replaces ad hoc scripts to build Docker images, render Kubernetes YAML and deploy per-environment configs — using Bazel builds images without Docker daemon and rules_k8s deploys to clusters. Covers Helm chart rendering (templates only), secret injection from AWS Parameter Store, and CI with Buildkite and shared cache. Explains costs: significant rule-writing effort and platform pain (native Node modules on macOS), about six months to stabilize, and typical CI turnarounds of 90s CI builds up to three minutes.
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