DevOps is a simple idea with big consequences: ship value faster and safer by having development and operations work as one team. In practice that means shared ownership, small and frequent changes, automated quality gates and a short feedback loop from code to customer. Done well, DevOps reduces lead time, raises release frequency and improves reliability without burning people out.
Core building blocks most teams adopt early:
- Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) to automate tests, builds and deployments.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to version and review environments just like application code.
- Observability — logs, metrics and traces tied to clear Service Level Objectives (SLOs).
- Trunk-based development with short-lived branches to keep flow moving.
- Feature flags to decouple deploy from release and reduce risk.