diff --git a/Tiltfile b/Tiltfile
index a3b2f2c..4d582c1 100644
--- a/Tiltfile
+++ b/Tiltfile
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ helm_remote("postgresql",
             set=["postgresqlPassword=password", "postgresqlDatabase=mev_inspect"],
 )
 
+load('ext://secret', 'secret_from_dict')
+k8s_yaml(secret_from_dict("mev-inspect-db-credentials", inputs = {
+    "username" : "postgres",
+    "password": "password",
+}))
+
 docker_build('mev-inspect', '.',
     live_update=[
         sync('.', '/app'),
diff --git a/k8s/app.yaml b/k8s/app.yaml
index 4916c7f..b614467 100644
--- a/k8s/app.yaml
+++ b/k8s/app.yaml
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ spec:
         - name: POSTGRES_USER
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
-              name: mev-inspect-db-password
+              name: mev-inspect-db-credentials
               key: username
         - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
-              name: mev-inspect-db-password
+              name: mev-inspect-db-credentials
               key: password
     livenessProbe:
       exec:
diff --git a/tilt_modules/extensions.json b/tilt_modules/extensions.json
index 28c435a..c59980c 100644
--- a/tilt_modules/extensions.json
+++ b/tilt_modules/extensions.json
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
       "Name": "global_vars",
       "ExtensionRegistry": "https://github.com/tilt-dev/tilt-extensions",
       "TimeFetched": "2021-09-03T08:56:48.751933-04:00"
+    },
+    {
+      "Name": "secret",
+      "ExtensionRegistry": "https://github.com/tilt-dev/tilt-extensions",
+      "TimeFetched": "2021-09-09T08:57:26.199313-06:00"
     }
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tilt_modules/secret/README.md b/tilt_modules/secret/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4e84f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tilt_modules/secret/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Secret
+
+Author: [Nick Santos](https://github.com/nicks)
+
+Helper functions for creating Kubernetes secrets.
+
+## Functions
+
+### secret_yaml_generic
+
+```
+secret_yaml_generic(name: str, namespace: str = "", from_file: Union[str, List] = None, secret_type: str = None): Blob
+```
+
+Returns YAML for a generic secret.
+
+* `from_file` ( str ) – equivalent to `kubectl create secret --from-file`
+* `secret_type` ( str ) - equivalent to `kubectl create secret --type`
+
+### secret_create_generic
+
+```
+secret_create_generic(name: str, namespace: str = "", from_file: Union[str, List] = None, secret_type: str = None)
+```
+
+Deploys a secret to the cluster. Equivalent to
+
+```
+load('ext://secret', 'secret_yaml_generic')
+k8s_yaml(secret_yaml_generic('name', from_file=[...]))
+```
+
+### secret_from_dict
+
+```
+secret_from_dict(name: str, namespace: str = "", inputs = None): blob
+```
+
+Returns YAML for a secret from a dictionary.
+
+* `inputs` ( dict) - A dict of keys and values to use. Nesting is not supported
+
+## Example Usage
+
+### For a Postgres password:
+
+```
+load('ext://secret', 'secret_create_generic')
+secret_create_generic('pgpass', from_file='.pgpass=./.pgpass')
+```
+
+### For Google Cloud Platform Key:
+
+```
+load('ext://secret', 'secret_create_generic')
+secret_create_generic('gcp-key', from_file='key.json=./gcp-creds.json')
+```
+
+### From a dict:
+
+```
+load('ext://secret', 'secret_from_dict')
+k8s_yaml(secret_from_dict("secrets", inputs = {
+    'SOME_TOKEN' : os.getenv('SOME_TOKEN')
+}))
+```
+
+## Caveats
+
+- This extension doesn't do any validation to confirm that names or namespaces are valid.
diff --git a/tilt_modules/secret/Tiltfile b/tilt_modules/secret/Tiltfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc5a75a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tilt_modules/secret/Tiltfile
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# -*- mode: Python -*-
+
+def secret_yaml_generic(name, namespace="", from_file=None, secret_type=None, from_env_file=None):
+  """Returns YAML for a generic secret
+
+  Args:
+    name: The secret name.
+    namespace: The namespace.
+    from_file: Use the from-file secret generator. May be a string or a list of strings.
+       Example: ["ssh--privatekey=path/to/id_rsa", "ssh-publickey=path/to/id_rsa.pub"]
+    from_env_file: Specify the path to a file to read lines of key=val pairs to create a secret
+      (i.e. a Docker .env file)
+    secret_type (optional): Specify the type of the secret
+      Example: 'kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson'
+
+  Returns:
+    The secret YAML as a blob
+  """
+
+  args = [
+    "kubectl",
+    "create",
+    "secret",
+    "generic",
+    name,
+  ]
+
+  if namespace:
+    args.extend(["-n", namespace])
+
+  generator = False
+  if from_file:
+    if type(from_file) == "string":
+      args.extend(["--from-file", from_file])
+      generator = True
+    elif type(from_file) == "list":
+      for f in from_file:
+        args.extend(["--from-file", f])
+      generator = True
+    else:
+      fail("Bad from_file argument: %s" % from_file)
+
+  if from_env_file:
+    if type(from_env_file) != "string":
+      fail("from_env_file only accepts strings")
+
+    args.extend(["--from-env-file", from_env_file])
+    generator = True
+
+  if not generator:
+    fail("No secret generator specified")
+
+  if secret_type:
+    if type(secret_type) == "string":
+      args.extend(["--type", secret_type])
+    else:
+      fail("Bad secret_type argument: %s" % secret_type)
+
+  args.extend(["-o=yaml", "--dry-run=client"])
+  return local(args)
+
+def secret_from_dict(name, namespace="", inputs={}):
+    """Returns YAML for a generic secret
+    Args:
+        name: The configmap name.
+        namespace: The namespace.
+        inputs: A dict of keys and values to use. Nesting is not supported
+    Returns:
+        The secret YAML as a blob
+    """
+
+    args = [
+        "kubectl",
+        "create",
+        "secret",
+        "generic",
+        name,
+    ]
+
+    if namespace:
+        args.extend(["-n", namespace])
+
+    if type(inputs) != "dict":
+        fail("Bad argument to secret_from_dict, inputs was not dict typed")
+
+    for k,v in inputs.items():
+        args.extend(["--from-literal", "%s=%s" % (k,v)])
+
+    args.extend(["-o=yaml", "--dry-run=client"])
+    return local(args, quiet=True)
+
+def secret_create_generic(name, namespace="", from_file=None, secret_type=None, from_env_file=None):
+  """Creates a secret in the current Kubernetes cluster.
+
+  Args:
+    name: The secret name.
+    namespace: The namespace.
+    from_file: Use the from-file secret generator. May be a string or a list of strings.
+      Example: ["ssh--privatekey=path/to/id_rsa", "ssh-publickey=path/to/id_rsa.pub"]
+    from_env_file: Specify the path to a file to read lines of key=val pairs to create a secret
+      (i.e. a Docker .env file)
+    secret_type (optional): Specify the type of the secret
+      Example: 'kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson'
+  """
+  k8s_yaml(secret_yaml_generic(name, namespace, from_file, secret_type, from_env_file))
diff --git a/tilt_modules/secret/test/.pgpass b/tilt_modules/secret/test/.pgpass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f66b2c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tilt_modules/secret/test/.pgpass
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hostname:5432:database:username:password
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tilt_modules/secret/test/Tiltfile b/tilt_modules/secret/test/Tiltfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52dfde5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tilt_modules/secret/test/Tiltfile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+load('../Tiltfile', 'secret_create_generic', 'secret_from_dict')
+
+k8s_yaml(secret_from_dict("secrets", inputs = {
+    'SOME_TOKEN' : os.getenv('SOME_TOKEN')
+}))
+secret_create_generic('pgpass', namespace='default', from_file='.pgpass=./.pgpass')
+k8s_yaml('job.yaml')
diff --git a/tilt_modules/secret/test/job.yaml b/tilt_modules/secret/test/job.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..301b92f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tilt_modules/secret/test/job.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: secret-verify
+spec:
+  backoffLimit: 1
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: secret-verify-dict
+        image: alpine
+        command: [ "/bin/echo", "$(SOME_TOKEN)" ]
+        env:
+          - name: TEST_VAR
+            valueFrom:
+              secretKeyRef:
+                name: secrets
+                key: SOME_TOKEN
+      - name: secret-verify
+        image: alpine
+        command: ["grep", "password", "/var/secrets/pgpass/.pgpass"]
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: pgpass
+          mountPath: /var/secrets/pgpass
+        env:
+        - name: PGPASSFILE
+          value: /var/secrets/pgpass/.pgpass
+      restartPolicy: Never
+      volumes:
+      - name: pgpass
+        secret:
+          secretName: pgpass
+          defaultMode: 0600
diff --git a/tilt_modules/secret/test/test.sh b/tilt_modules/secret/test/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1305c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tilt_modules/secret/test/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+export SOME_TOKEN=abc123
+
+set -ex
+tilt ci
+tilt down --delete-namespaces