I agree that ArgoCD is amazing. What's so beautiful is how well it integrates into K8s. Every element of ArgoCD is a CRD (custom resource definition). It's less

I agree that ArgoCD is amazing. What's so beautiful is how well it integrates into K8s. Every element of ArgoCD is a CRD (custom resource definition). It's less of a piece of software (other than the interface) and more of an extension to K8s to provide Continuous Delivery. Saying ArgoCD does not require K8s is like saying you don't need Photoshop to run a Photoshop plugin. I've used Puppet, Chef, and Ansible in production over the last decade. For me, Ansible replaced Puppet and Chef five or six years ago. For the last two years the only thing I have used Ansible for is to manage desktops and Android boxes AT HOME. Configuration Management systems like Ansible are fun and cool, but have been mostly obsoleted by the combo of Terraform and K8s. If you're on AWS, Kops can replace a lot of what Terraform does. Kubernetes makes running services easier and more reliable. I've spent more time learning Istio that K8s itself. The learning curve of K8s is minimal compared to Drupal.