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Even though the DevOps methodology has been with us for quite some time now, it’s still the center of heated discussions. Companies want it but are unsure of how to approach it.

DevOps is everywhere. And while it’s an interesting trend, it should be fitted to products, not the other way around.

But some people don’t see it that way. I am often asked questions such as, “Do you think we should start using Docker, or jump straight into Kubernetes?” Such questions are meaningless without even knowing what the product is about.

All those fancy terms—cloud, Kubernetes, containers, configuration management, Infrastructure-as-Code—promise some improvement. But they are to DevOps just as telescopes are to astronomy. They may be useful, but they are not necessary.

At its core, DevOps aims to close the gap between what the client ordered and what the development team has delivered. There is an emphasis on short

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