GitOps: Episode Zero — Why You Should Care

Welcome to NotSoStatic and the first entry in our GitOps series. Whether you’re a DevOps engineer, a cloud enthusiast, or someone just curious about the future of infrastructure automation, you’re in the right place.

What Is GitOps (Really)?

You’ve probably heard the term “GitOps” tossed around in DevOps circles. At its core, GitOps is a way of managing infrastructure and applications using Git as the single source of truth. Instead of clicking around in dashboards or running ad-hoc commands, everything is defined in code — and Git becomes your control plane.

But this series isn’t just about definitions. It’s about doing GitOps.

Why GitOps Matters

• Fewer surprises: All changes go through Git, so you always know who changed what and when.
• Disaster recovery becomes easy: Your system state lives in your repo — not someone’s head.
• No more snowflake environments: Reproducibility becomes the norm.
• Continuous delivery, simplified: Your environments update automatically as you push changes to Git.

Who This Series Is For

If you:

• Have some experience with Kubernetes or cloud infrastructure
• Want to move toward declarative, automated deployments
• Are curious about tools like FluxCD, Helm, and Terraform

… then this series is for you.

We’ll take a step-by-step approach that builds from foundational ideas to advanced workflows.

What We’ll Cover

Here’s what’s coming up:

1. GitOps vs Traditional CI/CD — Why the shift matters
2. FluxCD 101 — Understanding the architecture and components
3. Setting Up a GitOps-Ready Kubernetes Cluster
4. Deploying Your First App with GitOps
5. Managing Multi-Environment Setups
6. Helm and Kustomize in GitOps
7. Secrets Management in GitOps Workflows
8. GitOps for Teams — Collaboration, security, and scaling your process
9. Disaster Recovery and Rollbacks with GitOps
10. Integrating Terraform and GitOps

…and more. Each post will include real code, examples, and lessons learned.

Why “NotSoStatic”?

Because GitOps is about embracing change — safely, predictably, and automatically. Infrastructure doesn’t have to be a black box. With the right practices, it can be just as versioned and transparent as your code.

Next Up

In the next post, we’ll break down how GitOps compares to traditional CI/CD pipelines, and why this change is more than just hype — it’s a shift in how we think about infrastructure.

Join the Journey

If you’re ready to modernize your DevOps game, subscribe, follow, or just bookmark this series. Let’s build smarter systems together — one commit at a time.

See you in Episode One!