diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b4e72c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  ci:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        # We need the full history for the commitlint task
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+      - name: Install Task
+        uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
+      - name: Install Dagger
+        env:
+          # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=dagger/dagger versioning=semver
+          DAGGER_VERSION: 0.12.4
+        run: |
+          curl -L https://dl.dagger.io/dagger/install.sh | BIN_DIR=$HOME/.local/bin sh
+      - name: Run CI task
+        run: |
+          task ci
+      - name: Write manifest
+        run: |
+          task manifest
+      - name: Publish images
+        env:
+          REGISTRY_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+          REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.REPO_PAT }}
+        run: |
+          task publish
+      - name: Attach manifest to workflow run
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: manifest.yaml
+          path: ./manifest.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73e70f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+name: release-please
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # TODO: googleapis/release-please-action cannot sign commits yet.
+      #   We'll use the cli until there's a fix for
+      #   https://github.com/googleapis/release-please/issues/2280.
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Task
+        uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
+      - name: Install Dagger
+        env:
+          # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=dagger/dagger versioning=semver
+          DAGGER_VERSION: 0.12.2
+        run: |
+          curl -L https://dl.dagger.io/dagger/install.sh | BIN_DIR=$HOME/.local/bin sh
+      - name: Create image and manifest
+        env:
+          REGISTRY_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+          REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.REPO_PAT }}
+        run: |
+          task publish
+          task manifest
+      - name: Attach manifest to workflow run
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: manifest.yaml
+          path: ./manifest.yaml
+      # TODO: remove bump-minor-pre-major when in production. It prevents
+      #   release-please from bumping the major version on breaking changes.
+      # TODO: remove release-as after first release. Used to set the first
+      #   release version, which would default to 1.0.0. Set the version
+      #   manually also for 1.0.0.
+      - name: Run release-please
+        run: |
+          npx release-please release-pr \
+            --token="${{ secrets.REPO_PAT }}" \
+            --repo-url="${{ github.repository }}" \
+            --bump-minor-pre-major=true \
+            --release-as=0.1.0 \
+            --signoff "Peggie <info@cloudnative-pg.io>";
+          npx release-please github-release \
+            --token="${{ secrets.REPO_PAT }}" \
+            --repo-url="${{ github.repository }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b01afa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Release Publish Artifacts
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  release-publish-artifacts:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Task
+        uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
+      - name: Install Dagger
+        env:
+          # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=dagger/dagger versioning=semver
+          DAGGER_VERSION: 0.12.4
+        run: |
+          curl -L https://dl.dagger.io/dagger/install.sh | BIN_DIR=$HOME/.local/bin sh
+      - name: Create image and manifest
+        env:
+          REGISTRY_USER: ${{ github.actor }}
+          REGISTRY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.REPO_PAT }}
+        run: |
+          task publish
+          task manifest
+      - name: Attach manifest to release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_PAT }}
+        run: |
+          task upload-manifest-to-release
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b6aa873..5743676 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ dist/
 .env
 .vscode/
 .idea/
-cnpg-i-hello-world
+.task/
+manifest.yaml
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 0914885..2ce4758 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -8,108 +8,30 @@ linters-settings:
       - prefix(github.com/cloudnative-pg/cnpg-i-hello-world)
       - blank
       - dot
+  nlreturn:
+    # Size of the block (including return statement that is still "OK")
+    # so no return split required.
+    # Default: 1
+    block-size: 3
 
 linters:
-  # please, do not use `enable-all`: it's deprecated and will be removed soon.
-  # inverted configuration with `enable-all` and `disable` is not scalable during updates of golangci-lint
-  disable-all: true
-  enable:
-    - asciicheck
-    - bodyclose
-    - dogsled
-    - dupl
-    - durationcheck
-    - errcheck
-    - exportloopref
-    - gci
-    - gocognit
-    - goconst
-    - gocritic
-    - gocyclo
-    - gofmt
-    - gofumpt
-    - goheader
-    - goimports
-    - gomoddirectives
-    - gomodguard
-    - goprintffuncname
-    - gosec
-    - gosimple
-    - govet
-    - importas
-    - ineffassign
-    - lll
-    - makezero
-    - misspell
-    - nakedret
-    - nestif
-    - prealloc
-    - predeclared
-    - revive
-    - rowserrcheck
-    - sqlclosecheck
-    - staticcheck
-    - stylecheck
-    - thelper
-    - tparallel
-    - typecheck
-    - unconvert
-    - unparam
-    - unused
-    - wastedassign
-    - whitespace
-
-  # to be checked:
-  # - errorlint
-  # - forbidigo
-  # - forcetypeassert
-  # - goerr113
-  # - ifshort
-  # - nilerr
-  # - nlreturn
-  # - noctx
-  # - nolintlint
-  # - paralleltest
-  # - promlinter
-  # - tagliatelle
-  # - wrapcheck
-
-  # don't enable:
-  # - cyclop
-  # - depguard
-  # - exhaustive
-  # - exhaustivestruct
-  # - funlen
-  # - gochecknoglobals
-  # - gochecknoinits
-  # - godot
-  # - godox
-  # - gomnd
-  # - testpackage
-  # - wsl
-
-  # deprecated:
-  # - deadcode
-  # - golint
-  # - interfacer
-  # - maligned
-  # - scopelint
-  # - structcheck
-  # - varcheck
+  enable-all: true
+  disable:
+    - depguard
+    - execinquery
+    - exhaustive
+    - exhaustruct
+    - err113
+    - forbidigo
+    - funlen
+    - gochecknoglobals
+    - gochecknoinits
+    - godot
+    - gomnd
+    - ireturn
+    - varnamelen
+    - wrapcheck
+    - wsl
 
 run:
-  skip-files: "zz_generated.*"
-
-issues:
-  exclude-rules:
-    # Exclude lll issues for lines with long annotations
-    - linters:
-      - lll
-      source: "//\\s*\\+"
-    # We have no control of this in zz_generated files and it looks like that excluding those files is not enough
-    # so we disable "ST1016: methods on the same type should have the same receiver name" in api directory
-    - linters:
-      - stylecheck
-      text: "ST1016:"
-      path: api/
-  exclude-use-default: false
+  timeout: 10m
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e18ee07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "0.0.0"
+}
diff --git a/.spellcheck.yaml b/.spellcheck.yaml
index 4fd0e12..f7c0e13 100644
--- a/.spellcheck.yaml
+++ b/.spellcheck.yaml
@@ -1,26 +1,19 @@
 matrix:
-- name: Python Source
-  sources:
-  - ./**/*.go
-  - ./**/*.md
-  dictionary:
-    wordlists:
-    - .wordlist.txt
-  aspell:
-    lang: en
-    d: en_US
-  pipeline:
-  - pyspelling.filters.python:
-  - pyspelling.filters.context:
-      context_visible_first: true
-      escapes: \\[\\`~]
-      delimiters:
-      # Ignore multiline content between fences (fences can have 3 or more back ticks)
-      # ```
-      # content
-      # ```
-      - open: '(?s)^(?P<open> *`{3,})$'
-        close: '^(?P=open)$'
-      # Ignore text between inline back ticks
-      - open: '(?P<open>`+)'
-        close: '(?P=open)'
+  - name: Markdown
+    sources:
+      # Ignore the autogenerated markdown files
+      - ./**/*.md|!./CHANGELOG.md|!./vendor/**
+    dictionary:
+      wordlists:
+        - .wordlist.txt
+    aspell:
+      lang: en
+      d: en_US
+    pipeline:
+      - pyspelling.filters.markdown:
+      - pyspelling.filters.html:
+          comments: false
+          ignores:
+            - ':matches(code, pre)'
+            - 'code'
+            - 'pre'
diff --git a/.wordlist.txt b/.wordlist.txt
index 0963143..a665e01 100644
--- a/.wordlist.txt
+++ b/.wordlist.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,25 @@
-sidebarToggle
-pvc
-ClientConn
-NewStream
+ClusterLifecycle
+CloudNativePG
+CNPG
+finalizers
+GRPC
+kubernetes
+Kubernetes
+lifecycle
+MutateCluster
+OperatorMutateClusterRequest
+OperatorMutateClusterResult
+OperatorValidateClusterChangeRequest
+OperatorValidateClusterChangeResult
+OperatorValidateClusterCreateRequest
+OperatorValidateClusterCreateResult
+pluginhelper
+Postgres
+reconcilers
+rpc
+struct
+ValidateClusterChange
+ValidateClusterCreate
+ValidateCreate
+webhook
+webhooks
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c78305..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-.PHONY: run
-run: build image
-	./scripts/run.sh
-
-.PHONY: build
-build:
-	./scripts/build_proto.sh
-	./scripts/build.sh
-
-.PHONY: check
-check:
-	./scripts/check.sh
-
-.PHONY: image
-image:
-	./scripts/image.sh
-
-.PHONY: test
-test:
-	./scripts/test.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aafc10b..570a2bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # CNPG-I-EXAMPLE
 
 A "hello world" example implementation of the
-[Cloud Native Postgres](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/)
+[CloudNativePG](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg/)
 plugin interface [CNPG-I](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/cnpg-i).
 
 - [Concepts](doc/concepts.md)
diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6734c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+version: 3
+
+tasks:
+  lint:
+    desc: Run golangci-lint
+    env:
+      # renovate: datasource=git-refs depName=golangci-lint lookupName=https://github.com/sagikazarmark/daggerverse currentValue=main
+      DAGGER_GOLANGCI_LINT_SHA: 447a362a4fb98d05bbbeb8a290ed9aff7c5eccab
+    cmds:
+      - >
+        GITHUB_REF= dagger -s call -m github.com/sagikazarmark/daggerverse/golangci-lint@${DAGGER_GOLANGCI_LINT_SHA}
+        run --source . --config .golangci.yml stdout
+    sources:
+      - ./**/*.go
+
+  spellcheck:
+    desc: Run spellcheck
+    env:
+      # renovate: datasource=git-refs depName=spellcheck lookupName=https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/daggerverse currentValue=main
+      DAGGER_SPELLCHECK_SHA: 23ffda6100005d626fddb569e8e471587bf32cbf
+    cmds:
+      - >
+        GITHUB_REF= dagger -s call -m github.com/cloudnative-pg/daggerverse/spellcheck@${DAGGER_SPELLCHECK_SHA}
+        spellcheck --source . with-exec --use-entrypoint --args="" stdout
+    sources:
+      - ./**/*.md
+      - .spellcheck.yaml
+      - .wordlist.txt
+
+  commitlint:
+    desc: Check for conventional commits
+    env:
+      # renovate: datasource=git-refs depName=commitlint lookupName=https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/daggerverse currentValue=main
+      DAGGER_COMMITLINT_SHA: 23ffda6100005d626fddb569e8e471587bf32cbf
+    cmds:
+      - >
+        GITHUB_REF= dagger -s call -m github.com/cloudnative-pg/daggerverse/commitlint@${DAGGER_COMMITLINT_SHA}
+        lint --source . --args "--from=origin/main" stdout
+
+  uncommitted:
+    desc: Check for uncommitted changes
+    env:
+      # renovate: datasource=git-refs depName=uncommitted lookupName=https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/daggerverse currentValue=main
+      DAGGER_UNCOMMITTED_SHA: 23ffda6100005d626fddb569e8e471587bf32cbf
+    cmds:
+      - GITHUB_REF= dagger -s call -m github.com/cloudnative-pg/daggerverse/uncommitted@${DAGGER_UNCOMMITTED_SHA} check-uncommitted --source . stdout
+    sources:
+      - ./**
+
+  go-test:
+    desc: Run go test
+    env:
+      # renovate: datasource=docker depName=golang versioning=semver
+      GOLANG_IMAGE_VERSION: 1.22.5
+      # renovate: datasource=git-refs depName=gotest lookupName=https://github.com/Excoriate/daggerverse currentValue=main
+      DAGGER_GOTEST_SHA: 90a5d911a70510f9004544d4a25d39d917f1f668
+    cmds:
+      - >
+        GITHUB_REF= dagger -s call -m github.com/Excoriate/daggerverse/gotest@${DAGGER_GOTEST_SHA}
+        base --image-url golang:${GOLANG_IMAGE_VERSION}
+        with-cgo-disabled
+        run-go-test --src .
+    sources:
+      - ./**/*.go
+
+  ci:
+    desc: Run the CI pipeline
+    deps:
+      - spellcheck
+      - commitlint
+      - uncommitted
+      - lint
+      - go-test
+
+  publish:
+    desc: Build and publish a container image for the plugin
+    requires:
+      # We expect this to run in a GitHub workflow, so we put a few GitHub-specific vars here
+      # to prevent running this task locally by accident.
+      vars:
+        - CI
+        - GITHUB_REPOSITORY
+        - GITHUB_REF
+        - GITHUB_REF_NAME
+        - REGISTRY_USER
+        - REGISTRY_PASSWORD
+    vars:
+      IMAGE_NAME: ghcr.io/{{.GITHUB_REPOSITORY}}{{if not (hasPrefix "refs/tags/v" .GITHUB_REF)}}-testing{{end}}
+      # remove /merge suffix from the branch name. This is a workaround for the GitHub workflow on PRs,
+      # where the branch name is suffixed with /merge. Prepend pr- to the branch name on PRs.
+      IMAGE_VERSION: '{{regexReplaceAll "(\\d+)/merge" .GITHUB_REF_NAME "pr-${1}"}}'
+    env:
+      # renovate: datasource=git-refs depName=docker lookupName=https://github.com/purpleclay/daggerverse currentValue=main
+      DAGGER_DOCKER_SHA: dc62f69e82ec1b1d57397549acf724d91b76c5d8
+    cmds:
+      - >
+        dagger -s call -m github.com/purpleclay/daggerverse/docker@${DAGGER_DOCKER_SHA}
+        --registry ghcr.io --username $REGISTRY_USER --password env:REGISTRY_PASSWORD
+        build --dir . --platform linux/amd64
+        publish --ref {{.IMAGE_NAME}} --tags {{.IMAGE_VERSION}}
+
+  manifest:
+    desc: Update the image in the Kustomization
+    requires:
+      # We expect this to run in a GitHub workflow, so we put a few GitHub-specific vars here
+      # to prevent running this task locally by accident.
+      vars:
+        - CI
+        - GITHUB_REPOSITORY
+        - GITHUB_REF
+        - GITHUB_REF_NAME
+    vars:
+      IMAGE_NAME: ghcr.io/{{.GITHUB_REPOSITORY}}{{if not (hasPrefix "refs/tags/v" .GITHUB_REF)}}-testing{{end}}
+      # remove /merge suffix from the branch name. This is a workaround for the GitHub workflow on PRs,
+      # where the branch name is suffixed with /merge. Prepend pr- to the branch name on PRs.
+      IMAGE_VERSION: '{{regexReplaceAll "(\\d+)/merge" .GITHUB_REF_NAME "pr-${1}"}}'
+    env:
+      # renovate: datasource=git-refs depName=kustomize lookupName=github.com/sagikazarmark/daggerverse currentValue=main
+      DAGGER_KUSTOMIZE_SHA: d814d0d7c421348f51cdda96870a05ca2aa8e96a
+    cmds:
+      - >
+        dagger -s call -m github.com/sagikazarmark/daggerverse/kustomize@${DAGGER_KUSTOMIZE_SHA}
+        edit --source kubernetes set image --image cnpg-i-hello-world={{.IMAGE_NAME}}:{{.IMAGE_VERSION}}
+        directory export --path kubernetes
+      - >
+        dagger -s call -m github.com/sagikazarmark/daggerverse/kustomize@${DAGGER_KUSTOMIZE_SHA}
+        build --source kubernetes export --path manifest.yaml
+
+  upload-manifest-to-release:
+    desc: Upload the manifest to the release
+    requires:
+      # We expect this to run in a GitHub workflow, so we put a few GitHub-specific vars here
+      # to prevent running this task locally by accident.
+      vars:
+        - CI
+        - GITHUB_REPOSITORY
+        - GITHUB_REF
+        - GITHUB_REF_NAME
+        - GITHUB_TOKEN
+    env:
+      # renovate: datasource=git-refs depName=gh lookupName=github.com/sagikazarmark/daggerverse
+      DAGGER_GH_SHA: 8f444e2c2b8e8162cea76d702086034ed3edc4f1
+    preconditions:
+      - sh: "[[ {{.GITHUB_REF}} =~ 'refs/tags/v.*' ]]"
+        msg: not a tag, failing
+    cmds:
+        - >
+            dagger -s call -m github.com/sagikazarmark/daggerverse/gh@${DAGGER_GH_SHA}
+            with-source --source .
+            run --repo {{.GITHUB_REPOSITORY}} --token env:GITHUB_TOKEN
+            --cmd "release upload {{.GITHUB_REF_NAME}} manifest.yaml"
+
+  clean:
+    desc: Remove autogenerated artifacts
+    cmds:
+      - rm -rf .task/
+
+  # TODO: daggerize this
+  local-dev-build:
+    desc: Build the plugin locally
+    env:
+      CGO_ENABLED: 0
+    cmds:
+      - go build -o bin/cnpg-i-hello-world main.go
+    sources:
+      - ./**/*.go
+
+  # TODO: daggerize this
+  local-dev-image:
+    desc: Build a container image for the plugin locally
+    vars:
+      IMAGE_VERSION: '{{.IMAGE_VERSION | default "latest"}}'
+      IMAGE_NAME: ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/cnpg-i-hello-world:{{.IMAGE_VERSION}}
+    cmds:
+      - docker build -t ${IMAGE_NAME} .
+    sources:
+      - ./**
+
+  # TODO: daggerize this
+  local-kind-deploy:
+    desc: Apply the plugin to a local kind cluster
+    deps:
+      - local-dev-image
+    cmds:
+      - ./scripts/run.sh
diff --git a/commitlint.config.js b/commitlint.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85ce1e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commitlint.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const Configuration= {
+    extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional'],
+    formatter: '@commitlint/format',
+    rules: {
+        'body-empty': [1, 'never'],
+        'body-case': [2, 'always', 'sentence-case'],
+        'references-empty': [1, 'never'],
+        'signed-off-by': [2, 'always', 'Signed-off-by:'],
+    },
+};
+
+module.exports = Configuration;
diff --git a/doc/concepts.md b/doc/concepts.md
index f68819e..9c3b311 100644
--- a/doc/concepts.md
+++ b/doc/concepts.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ This feature enables the plugin to receive events about the cluster
 creation and mutations, this is defined by the following
 
 ```
-// ValidateCreate improves the behaviour of the validating webhook that
+// ValidateCreate improves the behavior of the validating webhook that
 // is called on creation of the Cluster resources
 rpc ValidateClusterCreate(OperatorValidateClusterCreateRequest) returns (OperatorValidateClusterCreateResult) {}
 
@@ -89,7 +89,3 @@ and Backups.
 The custom logic can be injected before the reconciliation and after it is executed.
 
 [API reference](https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/cnpg-i/blob/main/proto/reconciler.proto)
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 23103e0..00e1c12 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.18.4
 )
 
+require (
+	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.22.0 // indirect
+)
+
 require (
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bd497de..5bec5ed 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0 h1:jluTpSng7V9hY0O2R9DzzJHYb2xULk9VTR1V1R/k
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.12.0/go.mod h1:pcuDEFsWDnvcgNzo4EEweacyhjeA9Zk3cnaOZAZEfOo=
 github.com/robfig/cron v1.2.0 h1:ZjScXvvxeQ63Dbyxy76Fj3AT3Ut0aKsyd2/tl3DTMuQ=
 github.com/robfig/cron v1.2.0/go.mod h1:JGuDeoQd7Z6yL4zQhZ3OPEVHB7fL6Ka6skscFHfmt2k=
-github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0 h1:TMyTOH3F/DB16zRVcYyreMH6GnZZrwQVAoYjRBZyWFQ=
-github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.10.0/go.mod h1:UQnix2H7Ngw/k4C5ijL5+65zddjncjaFoBhdsK/akog=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0 h1:exVL4IDcn6na9z1rAb56Vxr+CgyK3nn3O+epU5NdKM8=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0/go.mod h1:E+RYuTGaKKdloAfM02xzb0FW3Paa99yedzYV+kq4uf4=
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 github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.4.0 h1:HApY1R9zGo4DBgr7dqsTH/JJxLTTsOt7u6keLGt6kNQ=
 github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Pe1W6UlPYUk/+wc/6KFhbORCfqzgYEpgQ3O5fPuL3H4=
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGm
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+golang.org/x/tools v0.22.0 h1:gqSGLZqv+AI9lIQzniJ0nZDRG5GBPsSi+DRNHWNz6yA=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.22.0/go.mod h1:aCwcsjqvq7Yqt6TNyX7QMU2enbQ/Gt0bo6krSeEri+c=
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diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index cfa83fe..dc4547e 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -61,14 +61,16 @@ func ValidateChanges(
 	oldConfiguration *Configuration,
 	newConfiguration *Configuration,
 	helper *pluginhelper.Data,
-) (result []*operator.ValidationError) {
+) []*operator.ValidationError {
+	validationErrors := make([]*operator.ValidationError, 0)
+
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(oldConfiguration.Labels, newConfiguration.Labels) {
-		result = append(
-			result,
+		validationErrors = append(
+			validationErrors,
 			helper.ValidationErrorForParameter(labelsParameter, "Labels cannot be changed"))
 	}
 
-	return result
+	return validationErrors
 }
 
 // applyDefaults fills the configuration with the defaults
@@ -98,5 +100,6 @@ func (config *Configuration) ToParameters() (map[string]string, error) {
 	}
 	result[labelsParameter] = string(serializedLabels)
 	result[annotationParameter] = string(serializedAnnotations)
+
 	return result, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/k8sclient/k8sclient.go b/internal/k8sclient/k8sclient.go
index 53a7adb..2579a6c 100644
--- a/internal/k8sclient/k8sclient.go
+++ b/internal/k8sclient/k8sclient.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ func Get() (client.Client, error) {
 	}
 
 	currentClient = newClient
+
 	return currentClient, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/lifecycle/lifecycle.go b/internal/lifecycle/lifecycle.go
index c351859..f5d213a 100644
--- a/internal/lifecycle/lifecycle.go
+++ b/internal/lifecycle/lifecycle.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package lifecycle
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 
 	"github.com/cloudnative-pg/cnpg-i-machinery/pkg/logging"
 	"github.com/cloudnative-pg/cnpg-i-machinery/pkg/pluginhelper"
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@ func (impl Implementation) LifecycleHook(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	request *lifecycle.OperatorLifecycleRequest,
 ) (*lifecycle.OperatorLifecycleResponse, error) {
-	kind, err := utils.GetKind(request.ObjectDefinition)
+	kind, err := utils.GetKind(request.GetObjectDefinition())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	operation := request.OperationType.Type.Enum()
+	operation := request.GetOperationType().GetType().Enum()
 	if operation == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no operation set")
+		return nil, errors.New("no operation set")
 	}
 
-	// nolint: gocritic
+	//nolint: gocritic
 	switch kind {
 	case "Pod":
 		switch *operation {
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ func (impl Implementation) reconcileMetadata(
 	logger := logging.FromContext(ctx).WithName("cnpg_i_example_lifecyle")
 	helper, err := pluginhelper.NewDataBuilder(
 		metadata.PluginName,
-		request.ClusterDefinition,
-	).WithPod(request.ObjectDefinition).Build()
+		request.GetClusterDefinition(),
+	).WithPod(request.GetObjectDefinition()).Build()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/operator/mutations.go b/internal/operator/mutations.go
index 7159ab2..10623c6 100644
--- a/internal/operator/mutations.go
+++ b/internal/operator/mutations.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func (Implementation) MutateCluster(
 ) (*operator.OperatorMutateClusterResult, error) {
 	helper, err := pluginhelper.NewDataBuilder(
 		metadata.PluginName,
-		request.Definition,
+		request.GetDefinition(),
 	).Build()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/internal/operator/validation.go b/internal/operator/validation.go
index ab6145b..5b7a634 100644
--- a/internal/operator/validation.go
+++ b/internal/operator/validation.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func (Implementation) ValidateClusterCreate(
 
 	helper, err := pluginhelper.NewDataBuilder(
 		metadata.PluginName,
-		request.Definition,
+		request.GetDefinition(),
 	).Build()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (Implementation) ValidateClusterChange(
 
 	oldClusterHelper, err := pluginhelper.NewDataBuilder(
 		metadata.PluginName,
-		request.OldCluster,
+		request.GetOldCluster(),
 	).Build()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("while parsing old cluster: %w", err)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (Implementation) ValidateClusterChange(
 
 	newClusterHelper, err := pluginhelper.NewDataBuilder(
 		metadata.PluginName,
-		request.NewCluster,
+		request.GetNewCluster(),
 	).Build()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("while parsing new cluster: %w", err)
@@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ func (Implementation) ValidateClusterChange(
 	newConfiguration, result.ValidationErrors = config.FromParameters(newClusterHelper)
 	oldConfiguration, _ := config.FromParameters(oldClusterHelper)
 	result.ValidationErrors = config.ValidateChanges(oldConfiguration, newConfiguration, newClusterHelper)
+
 	return result, nil
 }
diff --git a/kubernetes/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/deployment.yaml
index 8b2c4b8..63e30dc 100644
--- a/kubernetes/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/deployment.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - image: cnpg-i-hello-world:latest
-        imagePullPolicy: Never
         name: cnpg-i-hello-world
         ports:
         - containerPort: 9090
diff --git a/kubernetes/kustomization.yaml b/kubernetes/kustomization.yaml
index 0f5019f..bc26767 100644
--- a/kubernetes/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/kustomization.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 namespace: cnpg-system
 resources:
- - certificate-issuer.yaml
- - client-certificate.yaml
- - deployment.yaml
- - server-certificate.yaml
- - service.yaml
+- certificate-issuer.yaml
+- client-certificate.yaml
+- deployment.yaml
+- server-certificate.yaml
+- service.yaml
+images:
+- name: cnpg-i-hello-world
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 7d55ed2..6c5c85d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
 	"github.com/cloudnative-pg/cnpg-i-hello-world/cmd/plugin"
 )
 
@@ -17,8 +18,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(plugin.NewCmd())
 
-	err := rootCmd.Execute()
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3f9a1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+  "release-type": "go",
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
+  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
+  "draft": false,
+  "prerelease": false,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {}
+  },
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
+}
diff --git a/scripts/build_proto.sh b/scripts/build_proto.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b8bb9b2..0000000
--- a/scripts/build_proto.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -eu
-
-# Get the directory of the script
-SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-
-# Navigate to the parent directory
-cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." || { echo "Directory does not exist, skipping build_proto"; exit 0; }
-
-# Check if the contain any .proto files
-if [ ! -d "proto" ] || [ -z "$(find proto -name '*.proto' -print -quit)" ]; then
-    echo "No .proto files found in the 'proto' directory, skipping build_proto"
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-# Recompile protobuf specification
-protoc --go_out=. --go_opt=module=github.com/cloudnative-pg/cnpg-i-hello-world \
-    --go-grpc_out=. --go-grpc_opt=module=github.com/cloudnative-pg/cnpg-i-hello-world \
-    proto/*.proto
diff --git a/scripts/check.sh b/scripts/check.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1bad22f..0000000
--- a/scripts/check.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." || exit
-
-if [ ! -f "bin/golangci-lint" ]; then
-	curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s v1.55.2
-fi
-
-bin/golangci-lint run
diff --git a/scripts/image.sh b/scripts/image.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c81c6e6..0000000
--- a/scripts/image.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." || exit
-
-if [ -z "$(which docker)" ]; then
-    echo "Please install docker"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-docker build -t cnpg-i-hello-world:${VERSION:-latest} .
diff --git a/scripts/test.sh b/scripts/test.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index dc507c1..0000000
--- a/scripts/test.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." || exit
-go test ./...