Motivation

The goal is to streamline the setup process for developers by ensuring that all necessary tools and languages are easily available and version-controlled within the project. This approach provides consistency across development environments, reducing setup time and potential compatibility issues.

Proposed Solution

This solution is opinionated: by leveraging asdf as a version manager, we can manage and install various tool versions needed for the project. This setup complements our existing Python tooling managed by poetry and extends it to other dependencies.

For example, if a project requires:

• minikube
• kubectl
• helm
• Python 3.13

We could specify these tools in a .tool-versions file. Developers with asdf set up can quickly install the required versions with simple commands. Additionally, these setup commands can be added to the Makefile for ease of use and reproducible setup process.

Benefits

• Consistency: Ensures all team members use the same tool versions.
• Flexibility: Allows easy version updates and management of multiple tools.