Is helm broken, I keep getting:
Error: configmaps is forbidden: User "system:serviceaccount:kube-system:tiller" cannot list resource "configmaps" in API group "" in the namespace "kube-system"
when helm ls
helm is probably fine.
You need to have correct serveice-account and role binding. Refer https://github.com/helm/helm/blob/master/docs/rbac.md#tiller-and-role-based-access-control for common scenario examples.