#5 DevOps Diary: GitOps, gitops, git...
Tags: gitops, devops, kubernetes, kubecon
Published: 2020-11-18 16:59:15

Hey folks, and welcome to week 5 of this newsletter 🥳

As you might know, [KubeCon](https://twitter.com/KubeCon_) is happening right now! My first KubeCon — if you are there and/or you would like to chat, let me know, [I would love to connect](https://twitter.com/urlichsanais). Let's make the best out of virtual conferences!

[Here are some tips on making your KubeCon](https://twitter.com/rothgar/status/1328386622128222210) experience great by [Justin Garrison](https://twitter.com/rothgar)!

Now let's dive into this week's resources.

## Videos 🎥

Let's get started on GitOps 

- The term has been defined by Weaveworks in 2017 — [here is their overview](https://www.weave.works/technologies/gitops/)
- Checkout what GitOps is all about [in this video](https://youtu.be/qwyRJlmG5ew)

## Blog Posts 🗞️

- [What is wrong with GitOps1.0](https://codefresh.io/devops/pains-gitops-1-0/)
- [A Vision for GitOps2.0](https://codefresh.io/devops/vision-gitops-2-0/)
- [Get started with ArgoCD](https://codefresh.io/continuous-deployment/creating-temporary-preview-environments-based-pull-requests-argo-cd-codefresh/) to create a temporary preview environment

## Podcasts 🎤

[Small Batches is a great podcast](https://twitter.com/smallbatchesfm) if you are interested in software engineering theory and best practices.

Check-out [their latest episode on GitOps & Argo CD](https://share.transistor.fm/s/a86d6470) with [Viktor Farcic](https://twitter.com/vfarcic)

## Communities 👥

The community that I would like to invite you to this week is not DevOps specific. [Eddie](https://twitter.com/eddiejaoude) built up a super-inclusive community around open source contributions and showing developers how to get started contributing to open-source projects.

Here is the [Discord Invitation Link](https://t.co/qxLqZ8T3J0?amp=1)

If you are curious about Eddie's content, have a look at his [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/eddiejaoude) 🙌🏼

## Tip of the Week 💡

To make sure you are really learning about a topic, either create questions yourself around the topic or look for questions that others have had online. Answering those can manifest your understanding beyond reading about a topic. 

Both Quora and Reddit have a vast collection of questions around pretty much any topic. For instance, if I look for "GitOps" in Quora, [I get the following](https://www.quora.com/search?q=gitops) 👀

## Sticky-Content 📌

- You can find [a collection of all the resources](https://www.notion.so/DevOps-Diary-2e5c82e48d374442858fc8295070a4b8) that I list in the DevOps newsletter + additional notes etc. on the public notion page
- We just kicked off our [DevOps learning group](https://www.notion.so/WIP-DevOps-Learning-Group-1e4915a518eb4608a42f163f45a678c1) with the first presentation happening next week. if you would like to join, please either message me on Telegram (@URLICHSANAIS) or on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/urlichsanais). I would love to hear from you 🙂

## Events 🌍

- KubeCon		[https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/)	Nov 17, 2020 → Nov 20, 2020
- Lowcodetoday		[https://lowcodetoday.com/](https://lowcodetoday.com/)	Nov 19, 2020
- AWS re:Invent		[https://reinvent.awsevents.com](https://reinvent.awsevents.com/?sc_channel=sm&sc_campaign=AWS_reInvent,reInvent_DemandGeneration&sc_publisher=TWITTER&sc_country=Global&sc_geo=GLOBAL&sc_outcome=event_registration&trkCampaign=AWS_reInvent_2020&trk=sm_reInvent_demandgeneration_Global_post1_TWITTER&linkId=103180941)	Nov 30, 2020 → Dec 18, 2020
- Global SKILup Festival		[https://devopsinstitute.com/skilup-festival/](https://devopsinstitute.com/skilup-festival/)	Dec 7, 2020 → Dec 11, 2020
- Universe2020		[https://githubuniverse.com/](https://githubuniverse.com/?utm_source=github.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=universe_banner_dashboard_phase1)	Dec 8, 2020 → Dec 10, 2020

## Tweet of the Week 🐦

Given that this week's content is focused on GitOps, I thought that the following image, [found on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/jmprq8/til_devops/), is a perfect fit:

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/vrlgcshq5xe3feqsgq3s.jpeg)

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