https://apealive.net/tags/configuration/Recent content in Configuration on make me: APeHugoen-usMon, 27 Jul 2026 14:23:12 +0200https://apealive.net/post/cue-configuration-kernel-part-1/Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:23:12 +0200https://apealive.net/post/cue-configuration-kernel-part-1/<blockquote> <p><strong>Subtitle: Mastering Declarative Configuration Options</strong></p> </blockquote> <hr> <p>If you’ve spent any time operating Kubernetes in production, you’ve hit the Wall of YAML. Helm charts nested inside other Helm charts, Kustomize overlays overriding overlays, and a sea of copy-pasted boilerplate that slowly drifts across dev, staging, and production environments.</p> <p>Most platform engineering teams try to solve this with more template processing, leading to the infamous &quot;Kubernetes configuration tax&quot; where engineers spend more time writing string-replacement logic than writing core application code.</p>