GitOps that teams actually adopt

GitOps fails when it feels like extra ceremony. It sticks when the happy path is the easiest path.

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The shape that worked

• GitHub Actions builds, tests, and publishes artifacts.
• Argo CD owns cluster state from Git.
• Promotion is a PR — not a ticket and a manual kubectl session.

Guardrails

• Clear environments (dev → staging → prod)
• Rollback is reversing a commit, not hunting history on a laptop
• Access stays in Git + RBAC, not shared kubeconfigs

Takeaway

If developers can ship safely without asking platform for a favor, GitOps is doing its job.