Company
Date Published
Author
Kostis Kapelonis
Word count
1529
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The text discusses the evolving needs of application developers in the cloud ecosystem, particularly regarding Kubernetes. While tools for managing Kubernetes clusters have matured, the focus has shifted towards addressing developers' requirements, which are often misunderstood by companies. Developers care more about environment settings and promotions rather than individual clusters or Git hashes, which are often emphasized in existing tools. They prefer systems that allow easy promotion of configurations and container tags simultaneously, reducing deployment failures caused by environmental discrepancies. Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines are also highlighted as areas needing improvement, as they often lack real-time deployment visibility. The text introduces Codefresh GitOps Cloud as a solution designed with developers in mind, emphasizing application promotions and offering a more developer-friendly approach compared to traditional tools like Argo CD, which do not fully address developers' needs.