Dagger: Promising CI-as-Code (For Backends, Not Mobile)
I saw Dagger at Devoxx Athens — programmable CI/CD pipelines in your language of choice, running identically on your laptop and in CI. Here's why it's exciting for backend integration tests, and where it doesn't fit yet.
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Kamal vs Flux CD: Simplicity or Resilience — Pick One
Kamal gives you dead-simple deploys over SSH. Flux CD gives you self-healing GitOps on Kubernetes. Both are great tools — but only one of them notices when your container crashes at 3 AM. Here's when to use which.
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Stop Demolishing the House to Change the Furniture: Why GitOps Beats Push-Based Deployment
Push-based deployment with Terraform and Helm reprocesses your entire infrastructure to update one container tag. Locked state buckets, stuck Helm releases, and developer bottlenecks are the real cost. GitOps with Flux CD separates what changes often from what changes rarely.
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