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My pipelines from GitLab Commit to ArgoCD got beaten by FTP, with David Pech

My pipelines from GitLab Commit to ArgoCD got beaten by FTP, with David Pech

Update: 2025-06-03
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A sophisticated GitLab CI/CD pipeline integrated with Argo CD was ultimately rejected in favour of simple FTP deployment, offering crucial insights into the real barriers facing cloud-native adoption in traditional organisations.

David Pech, Staff Cloud Ops Engineer at Wrike and holder of all CNCF certifications, shares his experience supporting a PHP team after a company merger. He details how he built a complete cloud-native platform with Kubernetes, Helm charts, and GitOps workflows, only to see it fail against cultural and organizational resistance despite its technical superiority.

You will learn:

  • The hidden costs of sophisticated tooling - How GitOps pipelines with multiple moving parts can create trust issues when developers lose local control and must rely on remote processes they don't understand

  • Cultural factors that trump technical benefits - Why customer expectations, existing Windows-based infrastructure, and team readiness matter more than the elegance of your Kubernetes solution

  • Practical strategies for incremental adoption - The importance of starting small, building in-house operational expertise, and ensuring management advocacy at all levels before attempting cloud-native transformations

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My pipelines from GitLab Commit to ArgoCD got beaten by FTP, with David Pech

My pipelines from GitLab Commit to ArgoCD got beaten by FTP, with David Pech