During April 2026, this developer focused on enhancing the Nextdoor/k8s-charts repository by migrating Flink deployment support from the deprecated Spotify Flink Operator charts to the public Apache Kubernetes Operator. This transition streamlined the deployment of Flink jobs on Kubernetes, reducing maintenance overhead and aligning the workflow with community-supported tooling. The work involved removing outdated Helm charts and updating YAML configurations to support the new operator, resulting in simplified deployment processes and improved reliability for Flink workloads. Leveraging skills in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and Helm, the developer enabled faster onboarding and scaling of Flink jobs without introducing new bugs during the period.