ClickOps over GitOps
The gap between raw Kubernetes and a developer-friendly PaaS is where the most interesting tooling is being built today. GitOps gives teams a declarative, version-controlled way to manage their clusters — but the infrastructure expertise required can be a steep barrier. ClickOps offers a different angle: let developers click a dashboard, and let the platform handle the YAML.
In this episode, Chris is joined by Laszlo Folgas, founder of Gimlet.io, to explore how you can combine the accessibility of a UI with the reliability of a GitOps-driven workflow.
Key topics covered:
- What GitOps means in practice — using tools like Flux CD and Argo CD to deliver YAML manifests onto Kubernetes clusters
- How Gimlet.io creates a full developer platform deployable entirely through a dashboard
- Why all Gimlet does behind the scenes is write YAML into a Git repository — giving you the best of both worlds
- The rise of Platform Engineering as a discipline and how it relates to the broader DevOps and cloud-native ecosystem
- Why developer experience is critical when teams are being asked to own more of the infrastructure stack
If you’ve ever wanted the safety and determinism of GitOps without requiring every developer to become a Kubernetes expert, this episode is for you.
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