Introducing Glu: Deployment Coordination as Code
Teams are deploying more frequently than ever before. While this acceleration drives innovation, it has transformed what should be a streamlined software delivery process into a labyrinth of manual interventions, disparate tools, and constant firefighting.
Modern development teams face an increasingly complex deployment environment. Microservices architectures, while powerful, have multiplied the number of components that need to be coordinated during releases. Multi-cloud deployments add another layer of complexity. Security requirements grow more stringent by the day. In this environment, traditional deployment approaches are breaking under the strain.
The cost of these challenges extends far beyond mere inconvenience. Development velocity suffers. Team morale deteriorates. And ultimately, the business's ability to deliver value to customers is compromised.
At Flipt, we've implemented GitOps principles where Git commits drive all artifact promotions. Our toolchain combines GitHub Actions, Timoni, and FluxCD to manage deployments from staging through production environments. This process orchestrates our container builds, deployment configurations, and Kubernetes cluster updates while maintaining proper health checks at each step.
