Twelve-factor app development on Google Cloud
12 factor seems to have stood the test of time really well—I was introduced via Heroku (who I think invented it?) quite a long time ago in tech years, and yet it still seems to be probably the most popular ‘framework’ for devops.In fact, my startup EnvKey[1] was heavily inspired by the 12 factor approach. While it has always worked well for me, one bit that always felt thorny was using the environment for configuration and secrets. It’s obviously great to get this stuff out of code, but then you face new issues on how to keep it all in sync across many environments and pass potentially highly sensitive data around securely.EnvKey fills in this gap using end-to-end encryption and a seamless integration that builds on top of environment variables—it’s a drop-in replacement if you already use the environment for config. Check it out if you’re looking for something to smooth out this aspect of 12 factor! We have lots of folks using it with GCP/GKE.1 - https://www.envkey.com