DevOps in Plain English

DevOps bridges development and operations. Find guides on CI/CD, containers, infrastructure as code, monitoring, and the practices that keep teams shipping reliably and often.

46 articles · Updated November 1, 2026

DevOps is a culture before it's a toolchain — automation only helps once teams actually own what they ship.

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From Explain

Plain-English explainers for core concepts related to this topic.

What is Kubernetes?

Kubernetes is a container orchestration platform that manages the deployment, scaling, and operation of containerized applications across clusters of machines.

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What is Docker?

Docker is a container platform that packages applications and their dependencies into lightweight, portable containers — making development, testing, and deployment more consistent and scalable.

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What is a Container?

Containers package your app and its dependencies into a single, isolated unit that can run anywhere — consistently and securely.

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From Basics

Quick-reference cheatsheets for tools and libraries in this space.

Kubernetes Cheatsheet

Kubernetes orchestrates containers at scale. This cheatsheet covers kubectl commands and core object definitions.

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Docker Cheatsheet

Docker is a containerization platform that packages applications into portable containers. Master these commands for consistent deployments.

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Frequently asked questions

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What DevOps topics are covered?▾

Our DevOps hub covers CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes basics, cloud deployment, monitoring, and platform engineering practices.

What is CI/CD?▾

Continuous Integration means automatically building and testing code as it's merged; Continuous Delivery/Deployment means automatically releasing those changes. Together they let teams ship small, safe updates frequently instead of risky big-bang releases.

What is infrastructure as code?▾

Infrastructure as code means defining your servers, networks, and services in version-controlled files (using tools like Terraform) instead of clicking through dashboards. It makes environments reproducible, reviewable, and easy to recreate.

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