What DevOps tools do you use?

Ever since starting using CircleCI I have never looked back. You simply create a configuration file in your repository, hook it up to Circle and then you're good to go.

In my projects I use it to deploy to AWS, but since it's so easy to set up and configure I think it should work with any tech stack. Their free tier has been a little tight in periods of intense development but overall has been sufficient for me in my side projects.

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For larger projects, I use AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit) for Infrastructure as Code and CodeBuild/Pipeline for CI.

For static sites, I use AWS Amplify or Netlify. Probably going to be moving everything to AWS just for simplicity.

Have used Docker for years now, it is pretty neat :)
Heroku is quite cool as well, makes launching an MVP a breeze.

And I also looooove Terraform (for my AWS projects/infrastructure). Infrastructure as Code is so cool and it really helps you spinning up new infrastructure in no time.

We use Jenkins & Ansible.

I'm pretty heavy in the .NET ecosystem, but I use Azure DevOps for everything (it's free).

It manages build & release pipelines as well as allows you to organize work similar to JIRA or Rally. It also gives you unlimited private code repos.

It enjoy having a single place to go for managing everything. I am a sucker for simplicity.

I’ve used docker, docker-compose, ansible, terraform and various CI/CD. All of them are great but when I have all of them in a single project I quickly find myself looking for a full time devops person to maintain that stuff.

My rule of thumb - if you can live without devops, do whatever it takes to live without them. Most small projects I came across never needed even docker.

I get excited about the tools that save me time. The last one I discovered recently was https://vercel.com/ (former Zeit). Their "Develop. Preview. Ship" cycle is amazing.

If you like Docker, you're going to love docker-compose. And the next step is Kubernetes.

For DevOps I've used:

• Terraform
• Ansible
• GitHub Actions
• CircleCI
• Jenkins
• Packer
• Fabric: http://www.fabfile.org/

Heroku (php)

For little side projects, Heroku. I know it looks expensive, but they are so far ahead that it's not even funny. Every time I try to work without it, unless I have a dedicated devops person, I regret it.

I like using Heroku's CI/CD and pipelines. In the past I have used CircleCI. I haven't run frontend tests in Heroku yet, I don't know how that'll behave.

For exception tracking I like Sentry.

Heroku tends to be OK for Ruby and Python. If you do Java, it needs so much ram your starting cost is $250 per month.

Docker for local development
Eslint for linting
Jest for testing
Webpack for web app builds
GitLab runners for CI/CD