THREAD:

What if you could control Kubernetes with Excel?

I think this time I went too far, but bear with me.

1/4

If you've missed my previous threads, you might not know that I'm spending more time working the Kubernetes API.

I built a tiny (130 LoC) real-time dashboard for Kubernetes:

https://twitter.com/danielepolencic/status/1252152857140146176

And a CKA/CKAD simulator.

2/4

Someone on r/kubernetes mentioned that they built a kubectl interface for Google Spreadsheets on top of Kubernetes using Kudo.

Awesome, I know!

I wondered

Could I use what I learnt in the past two projects to build an MVP?

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It turns out that the code is very similar:

1. it uses the shared informer (almost)
2. it polls for updates from google sheets
3. it renders everything as cells

The full code is available here:

https://github.com/learnk8s/xlskubectl

I'm putting together an article to explain how you can do the same.

Stay tuned!