Building a Golden Path necessitated an architectural vision, moving from chaotic development environments to structured processes. Initial steps included defining the core principles guiding the team, emphasizing GitOps and Infrastructure as Code for transparency and consistency. The team's first goal was to facilitate safe deployment of backend services through a simplified end-to-end process involving GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and various monitoring tools. Continuous evaluation ensured that the approach remained practical and developer-focused, overcoming skepticism about its efficacy.
We weren't building a cathedral. We were starting with one dish.
What journeys should a dev complete without opening a Slack thread? What needs to be self-served? What's our platform MVP?
Some devs were skeptical. 'Isn't this just another infra ticket wrapped in a CLI?'
GitHub push triggers GitHub Actions → container build. ArgoCD syncs the Helm chart to Kubernetes. Sentry, Prometheus, Grafana wired in.
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