Problem
DevOps tutorials often focus on isolated tools without showing how they integrate in a real workflow.
Solution
An end-to-end reference architecture connecting infrastructure provisioning, container orchestration, and deployment pipelines.
Outcome
A working example I reference when designing pipelines or explaining DevOps concepts to others.
The Challenge
Understanding Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD individually is straightforward. The harder part is seeing how decisions in one layer affect the others.
Architecture
Containerized services run on Kubernetes, with Terraform managing the underlying infrastructure. Helm handles templating, and pipelines coordinate the full build-test-deploy cycle.
Implementation
Python services, GitHub Actions pipelines, Kubernetes manifests, Terraform modules, and Helm charts. Each piece is intentionally kept small to stay readable.
Results & Learnings
Building this end-to-end sharpened my intuition for failure modes and trade-offs that don't surface when working with tools in isolation.