The Kubernetes platform you’d build if you had the time
Getting Kubernetes right is hard. Not the “spin up a cluster” part, that’s easy. The hard part is everything else: setting up proper IAM, configuring GitOps, getting secrets management working, choosing the right ingress controller, setting up observability, and making it all work together without spending months on it. I’ve built and maintained Kubernetes platforms at multiple companies. Each time, I found myself solving the same problems, making the same architectural decisions, and wishing I had a solid starting point instead of building from scratch. Kube Starter Kit is that starting point. It’s an opinionated, production-ready platform for AWS and EKS that gives you everything you need to run applications on Kubernetes: infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and baseline components, all wired together and ready to go.What’s Included
Terraform Infrastructure
Modular, well-structured Terraform for AWS with multi-environment support via Terragrunt
Automated Terraform CI/CD
GitHub-integrated Terraform automation with Digger; plan on PR, apply via PR comment
AWS Architecture
Multi-account setup with VPC, EKS, and proper IAM boundaries
User Management
Unified identity via GitHub with AWS IAM Identity Center integration
GitOps Deployment
ArgoCD-based GitOps for declarative, auditable deployments
Kubernetes Baseline
Curated set of components: ingress, cert-manager, external-dns, secrets, observability, and more
CI/CD Pipelines
Automated container builds and staging deployments on every merge to main
Release Management
Automated release PRs with release-please and controlled production deployments
Demo Applications
Fully functional example applications demonstrating end-to-end patterns
Who This Is For
Kube Starter Kit is built for engineering teams at early-stage companies who:- Are confident Kubernetes is the right choice for their infrastructure
- Want to get to production quickly without cutting corners
- Value having an opinionated path from someone who’s done this before
- Would rather customize a working system than build one from scratch