Interactive guide · 2026 edition

DevOps & Infrastructure, Visualised

A mind-map view of the 2026 DevOps universe — CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, containers, cloud platforms, monitoring, security, networking, GitOps, registries, and platform engineering. Pick your stage, filter by what matters, and see the stack that fits.

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The landscape at a glance

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Which stage are you at?

Pick one — the stack below adapts, and cards fade to only what fits.

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Decision cheat-sheet

Pick by team size

  • Solo: GitHub Actions + Docker Compose + single VPS.
  • Small team: GitHub Actions + Terraform + Railway/Fly.
  • Medium team: ArgoCD + Kubernetes + Terraform + Grafana.
  • Large org: Multi-cloud + service mesh + platform team + Backstage.

Pick by constraint

  • Cheapest: Hetzner + Coolify + GitHub Actions free.
  • Fastest deploy: Kamal + GitHub Actions.
  • Most reliable: Managed K8s + Datadog + multi-region.
  • Compliance: AWS/Azure + Vault + OPA + audit logs.

Anti-patterns to avoid

  • Kubernetes before 10 engineers.
  • Microservices before product-market fit.
  • Manual deploys to production.
  • No monitoring until incidents happen.
  • Storing secrets in git.
  • Skipping staging environments.
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