Hey folks,
I'm a Platform Engineer. We have 40+ microservices across four business domains, but it's part of a product.
We've been thinking hard about how to structure our Helm charts and GitOps setup, and I wanted to get inputs from people who've dealt with similar scale.
---
**Our Architecture**
- 40 repos → 45+ Docker images → 45+ pods
- Services are grouped into 4 domains
- Mix of HTTP and gRPC services
---
**Questions I'm Wrestling With**
**Generic chart complexity** — At what point does a single generic chart become too complex to maintain? When would you draw the line and spin off a separate chart?
**Domain chart value** — Is grouping services into section charts worth the extra layer, or is it over-engineering ?
**Release strategy** — We're thinking one root chart version bump = full product release. Has anyone done atomic releases like this at scale?
Would love to hear from folks who've built and maintained Helm chart strategies at similar or larger scale.
Happy to share more details about the stack if useful. Thanks in advance!