Hello! I am Daniel Helfand!

I am a Developer Advocate at GitLab. Prior to joining GitLab, I have worked in both engineering and developer relations roles. My main focus areas have been CI/CD, Kubernetes, and Golang. In my current work at GitLab, I help GitLab define platform engineering use cases around continuous delivery, internal developer portals, and security. Additionally, I help share platform engineering best practices with the GitLab community.

Social Media

You can reach me on the following social media channels:

• Bluesky
• LinkedIn

Open Source Engineering Work

I worked on the following open source projects:

• Tekton - Maintainer of tkn (Tekton CLI)
• Carvel - Maintainer of kapp-controller project
• Argo - Contributed to Argo CD project

Content Creation

Check out some videos and blogs I have created showcasing cloud native technologies.

Videos

• Using a custom builder image on Red Hat OpenShift
• OpenShift Pipelines Tutorial using Tekton
• Using odo to deploy an application to OpenShift
• Carvel kapp-controller Demo - Kubernetes Package Management API
• Using Argo CD with vclusters
• Preventing Tag Mutation With kbld and Argo CD

Blogs

• How to stream logs through the GitLab Dashboard for Kubernetes
• Using a custom builder image on Red Hat OpenShift with OpenShift Do
• How to use odo the developer-centric CLI with OpenShift 4
• Provisioning and Using vclusters with Carvel
• Using Argo CD with vclusters
• Preventing Tag Mutation With kbld And Argo CD
• GitLab Showcases AI-Powered DevSecOps Platform: Key Insights for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2024
• Unlocking the Full Potential of Container Vulnerability Scans