The author of the article shares their experiences with deploying applications in a company that believed daily deployments were ideal for project velocity. However, this approach led to manual and error-prone processes, including backups, database restores, and rolling back to previous versions. The author then discovered the benefits of using Kubernetes and MongoDB Atlas, which enabled automated deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. With these tools, the author was able to simplify the deployment process, reduce errors, and increase agility in application development. By leveraging Kubernetes and MongoDB Atlas together, developers can quickly deploy and manage their applications without worrying about infrastructure management, making it an ideal combination for building scalable and resilient applications that can handle high traffic or be easily scaled down to reduce costs.