Matthew Northcott developed automated pod restarts for OpenStack services in the azimuth-cloud/capi-helm-charts repository, focusing on improving operational reliability for Kubernetes clusters. He integrated the Reloader tool using Helm and YAML, enabling pods to restart automatically when associated Secrets or ConfigMaps change. This approach eliminated the need for manual intervention, reducing maintenance overhead and minimizing outage risks. By configuring Reloader to monitor the cloud-config Secret and integrating it with core OpenStack components such as CCM and CSI Cinder, Matthew enhanced day-2 operations for cluster-addons. The work demonstrated a focused application of DevOps practices and Kubernetes automation within a short timeframe.