Best of Platform Engineering — February 2024

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   Medium·2y

   Zarf: The Open-Source Deployment Tool You Need 💠

   Zarf is an open-source deployment tool that simplifies software deployment, especially in air-gap or disconnected environments. It offers features such as simplifying Kubernetes cluster creation, enabling cluster logging, automating the creation of Software Bill of Materials, and supporting highly regulated industries. The post provides a hands-on example of how to use Zarf to deploy the podinfo app.

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   ITNEXT·2y

   From Kubernetes to Local Development

   Learn how to use Podman to run Kubernetes manifests on your local machine and run existing Kubernetes Pods on your local workstation. Discover how to run Pods with network and storage configurations and how to run a Deployment in a local environment.

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   Article

   Medium·2y

   Devcontainers: Minimizing local machine dependencies with replicable Setups

   Devcontainers offer a standardized approach to creating and managing development environments, minimizing local machine dependencies. They provide consistency, isolation, portability, and ease of onboarding. The key insights include specifying the OS and tools, using Visual Studio Code and Docker, and ensuring secure and immutable development environments. A hands-on example is provided for creating a Python project Devcontainer. Overall, Devcontainers enhance collaboration, onboarding, and reproducibility of development environments.

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