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WSLDeep Dive August 11, 2026 2 min read

How WSL Actually Packages and Distributes Linux Distros

Installing Ubuntu via the Microsoft Store feels like installing any other app. Underneath, WSL distros are root filesystem tarballs registered with a small platform layer — and that model is what makes import/export and custom distros possible.

#deep-dive#wsl2#distros

SRE & DevOpsHow-To April 27, 2026 3 min read

How to Write a Helm Chart from Scratch

A complete walkthrough building a Helm chart for a simple application — templates, values, and the conventions that make a chart genuinely reusable rather than a one-off wrapper around raw YAML.

#howto#helm#kubernetes

SRE & DevOpsNews April 21, 2026 2 min read

Helm Is Born at the First KubeCon, Modeled on Homebrew and apt

Started as a Deis project on October 15, 2015, Helm brought familiar package-manager concepts to Kubernetes — later merging with Google's Deployment Manager to become the Helm 2 the ecosystem would standardize on.

#news#helm#kubernetes