GitOps is getting adopted more and more. However, there still seems to be some confusion as to what GitOps is, how it differs from regular CI/CD pipelines, and how to best adopt it. In this post we will quickly cover what GitOps is, and the three main lessons learned from using GitOps to manage infrastructure at scale both on premise and in the cloud.

Containers are everywhere. From Kubernetes for orchestrating deployments and simplifing operations to Dev Containers for flexible yet reproducible development environments. Yet, while they are ubiquitous, images are often built sub-optimally. In this post we will be looking at a full example of a Docker build for a Python application and what best practices to consider.