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Lynq is an open-source Kubernetes operator that turns your database into the source of truth for infrastructure. Every active row becomes a fully provisioned, continuously reconciled stack. add a row to deploy, deactivate it to clean up. Apache 2.0.
Hi Product Hunt, I'm Tim. I build Lynq, an open source Kubernetes operator.
The idea is simple. If you run a multi-tenant SaaS, your database already knows exactly which customers exist and which ones are active. But the infrastructure for those customers is provisioned somewhere else, by scripts, pipelines, or a person. Those two views drift apart. The database says 200 active tenants, the cluster has 198 and a half, and nobody notices until something breaks.
Lynq removes that gap. It watches your database and reconciles every active row into real Kubernetes resources. Insert a row and a full stack comes up. Set activate to false and everything is torn down cleanly. There is no pipeline to trigger and no script to babysit.
Some details I care about:
- Reconciliation is continuous. Drift gets corrected all the time, not just at deploy time.
- 16 resource types are supported natively. Raw manifests cover everything else.
- Lifecycle policies control creation, deletion, and conflicts. You can retain customer data on offboarding instead of deleting it.
- Prometheus metrics, alert rules, and a Grafana dashboard ship with it.
- The quickstart takes about five minutes. One script sets up a local cluster, MySQL, and sample resources.
Lynq is Apache 2.0 licensed and a solo project. Issues and feedback have a direct effect on what I build next.
I would love to hear how you provision per-customer infrastructure today, and what datasource you would want supported next.
Docs: https://lynq.sh
GitHub: https://github.com/k8s-lynq/lynq
Thanks for reading.
Database-as-config approach is super clean, made a test deployment in minutes just by inserting a row. Reconciliation loop feels solid and the open source license is a nice touch.
Finally, a Kubernetes operator that doesn't make me babysit deployments. Loved watching a row flip and seeing the full stack reconcile itself without a single manual apply.
The database-as-source-of-truth idea is so obvious in hindsight and im surprised more teams arent doing this. Reconcile loop against SQL rows feels way cleaner than juggling a pile of CRDs.
About Lynq on Product Hunt
“Turn database rows into running Kubernetes apps”
Lynq was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 11 upvotes and 6 comments, placing #45 on the daily leaderboard. Lynq is an open-source Kubernetes operator that turns your database into the source of truth for infrastructure. Every active row becomes a fully provisioned, continuously reconciled stack. add a row to deploy, deactivate it to clean up. Apache 2.0.
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