The GitOps Minefield: Why Most Tooling is Overcomplicated and How Portainer Simplifies It
GitOps is supposed to make Kubernetes easier. The idea is simple: declarative configurations stored in Git, automatically applied to your cluster when changes are made. It sounds like a dream come true for developers and platform teams alike. But in reality, for many organizations, GitOps tooling is a minefield. What’s promised as simplicity often devolves into a web of complexity that’s difficult to manage, prone to errors, and leaves teams scrambling to troubleshoot and maintain.