7 YAML Customization Tools That You Can’t Live Without (or Can Leave Behind)
11-17, 16:20–16:50 (UTC), The Theater

YAML has taken over our lives. From defining how our applications are deployed and tested to ordering pizza. There is a whole ecosystem of tooling that addresses the need of customizing your YAML for specific circumstances. With several to choose from, how do you know which one is right for your use case? This talk will cover key YAML customisation tools aimed for use with Kubernetes, and break down which are suited for particular use cases, and which are not suited for others.

The talk will include practical examples of several tools such as:
- Jk
- Helm
- Pulumi

Whether you are new to Kubernetes, or are currently using some of these tools, this talk should bring fresh ideas for managing Kubernetes configuration.

Alison is a Customer Reliability Engineer at Weaveworks, and an Undergraduate student at the University of Waikato. Coming from a startup background, she has a wealth of hands on experience with Kubernetes. She is passionate about helping others starting out with cloud native applications.