[kkapelon]

> The idea that helm is even a package manager is fanciful at best, in any case.

The front page of helm.sh literally says "The package manager for Kubernetes". If it was advertised as "the best templating engine for K8s" or something similar I would agree with you.

People try to abuse Helm.sh as a fancy templating engine. And the testament to that is all the articles "Helm vs Kustomize vs JSonnet vs ..."

[jen20]

Lots of things describe themselves in fanciful terms. Helm has none of the trappings of a package manager, yet all of the trappings of a mediocre template renderer.