Applying the DRY Principle to Kyverno Policies

The Don’t Repeat Yourself (DRY) principle of software development advocates avoiding repetition of code that is likely to change. Replacing similar code with reusable abstractions makes software easier to maintain, and avoids bugs. 

In this post, I will show you a couple of ways to apply the DRY principle in Kyverno policies, which are written in YAML.

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