The text discusses the integration of DevOps practices, particularly continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), with infrastructure as code (IaC) principles to streamline software development and deployment processes. It highlights how using GitOps, which applies Git-based workflows beyond software engineering, helps manage cloud infrastructure efficiently. The approach involves maintaining infrastructure configurations in Git repositories, triggering automated CI/CD pipelines for validation, and provisioning resources. An example is provided using CircleCI for deploying a containerized ASP.NET 5 application to a Kubernetes cluster on Azure, showcasing how pipelines facilitate automated deployment and management of applications. The text concludes with steps for setting up this process, emphasizing CircleCI's capabilities in supporting GitOps workflows and encouraging exploration through a free trial.