Deis team begins work on Helm

The Deis team, having recognized the pain points of deploying applications to Kubernetes, starts developing a package manager for the platform, inspired by traditional OS package managers.

Significance

This marked the genesis of Helm, born out of a practical need by early Kubernetes adopters to streamline application management.

Key facts

Year
2015
Type
invention
Location
Seattle, Washington (Deis office)