Since their inception Helm Charts have become the go-to solution for Day-1 operations of applications on Kubernetes. Today users are increasingly looking for Day-2 management when running their apps that are getting more complex by the day. Ideally they would be controlled and managed in the same goal-seeking, resilient way as Kubernetes itself.
Enter Operators: an application-specific workload manager that can turn your chart into a native Kubernetes object. With the Operator SDK you can now run your Helm chart without changes as an Kubernetes Operator and catch two birds with one stone: eliminate the need for tiller and get declarative configuration with constant lifecycle management.