DALEC Developer Experience: Declarative Builds and IDE Integration

This episode introduces CNCF Project DALEC, a declarative build tool designed to simplify how developers build, secure, package, and distribute containerized applications. Traditional container builds often rely on complex Dockerfiles and custom scripting, which can create friction in developer workflows and reduce reproducibility across environments. DALEC approaches this problem differently by allowing developers to define builds using a declarative specification, making builds easier to reason about, maintain, and share across teams. In this episode, we will explore: 1) The motivation behind DALEC and the problems it aims to solve in modern development workflows 2) How declarative container builds can improve consistency, security, and maintainability 3) A walkthrough of the DALEC developer experience, showing how developers can quickly define and build artefacts Chapters: 00:12 Introduction 00:30 What is Project DALEC 01:15 How DALEC is different from traditional Dockerfile 03:25 Where DALEC fits in a broader supply chain - DEMO 07:11 How to get started with DALEC 09:20 DALEC Documentation 10:20 What's Next 11:15 How to Contribute Resources: GitHub Project: https://github.com/project-dalec/dalec Documentation: https://project-dalec.github.io/dalec/ 📌 Let's connect: Tatsat Mishra | https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatsat-mishra-2390b45/ Brian Golf | https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-goff-28a65b13/ Subscribe to the Open at Microsoft: https://aka.ms/OpenAtMicrosoft Open at Microsoft Playlist: https://aka.ms/OpenAtMicrosoftPlaylist 📝Submit Your OSS Project for Open at Microsoft https://aka.ms/OpenAtMsCFP New episode on Tuesdays!