In our previous article about Database migrations we explained why you should treat your databases with the same respect as your application source code. Database migrations should be fully automated and handled in a similar manner to applications (including history, rollbacks, traceability etc).

Since inception in 2008, JFrog has hosted its own development environments on-prem. While this approach worked well for a time, the increasing need to deploy faster, while sustaining high quality and reducing hosting costs made us realize that we needed to leverage the JFrog SaaS Production environment. So in 2022, we started an effort to migrate our RnD environments from an on-prem solution to JFrog SaaS Production.

Most modern infrastructure architectures are complex to deploy, involving many parts. Despite the benefits of automation, many teams still chose to configure their architecture manually, carried out by a deployment expert or, in some cases, teams of deployment engineers. Manual configurations open up the door for human error. While DevOps is very useful in developing and deploying software, using Git combined with CI/CD is useful beyond the world of software engineering.

Kubernetes has become the backbone of modern container orchestration, enabling seamless deployment and management of containerized applications. However, as applications grow in complexity, so do the challenges of managing their Kubernetes infrastructure. Enter cdk8s, a revolutionary toolset that transforms Kubernetes configuration into a developer-friendly experience.

Discover Cloudsmith Navigator: a revolutionary tool designed to guide software engineering teams in selecting top-quality open source packages. By analyzing and scoring thousands of packages based on security, maintenance, and documentation, Navigator simplifies the package selection process. Choosing the right software package for your project can sometimes feel like finding a needle in a haystack.

At Circle, our traditional approach to Kubernetes (k8s) deployments likely looks familiar to many of you: Run the workflow, create the image, build the Helm chart and deliver it to k8s. At that point, k8s takes over with its rolling update. This method gets the job done, but we knew it wasn’t ideal. Limited support for canary releases and the need for time-consuming error monitoring and manual rollbacks added friction and risk to our release processes.

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, where software development and deployment happen at lightning speed, DevOps has emerged as the key to achieving operational excellence and maintaining a competitive edge. DevOps is more than just a buzzword; it’s a culture, a set of practices, and a collection of powerful tools that streamline collaboration between development and operations teams.