GitOps in the Real World - Opportunities for Developer Experience Improvement

Explore GitOps implementation in real-world scenarios and discover opportunities for enhancing developer experience in this conference talk from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2022. Delve into Chick-fil-A's experiences with GitOps for managing production cluster states at scale. Learn about the challenges and potential improvements in the frontend process of GitOps, particularly focusing on how to efficiently build and integrate manifests into git repositories. Gain insights into Chick-fil-A's traffic overview, developer landscape, architecture, and their custom Application Platform (CAP). Examine the simplified deployment process, identify pain points, and understand proposed solutions to streamline GitOps workflows. Use the ArgoCD UI example to visualize practical applications of GitOps principles in a large-scale production environment.

Intro
Who is Chick-fil-A?
Traffic Overview
Developer Overview
Architecture Overview
Chick-fil-A's Application Platform (CAP)
Deployment Process - Simple Version
Pain Points
Example: ArgoCD UI
Proposed Solutions