If DevOps/Infrastructure is not good enough then all the work you did on the product would not see its full potential. Having a reliable CI/CD pipeline which takes "just the right amount of time" is crucial in ensuring that you remain confident in your product code.
I initially started with UI based infra, but soon learned that infrastructure is not a separate thing, but part of the product, even if it is not shipped to the customer. Now I prefer YAML based infrastructure pipelines and proper reporting of tests, data and other assets.
Always infrastructure as code. So A
If DevOps/Infrastructure is not good enough then all the work you did on the product would not see its full potential. Having a reliable CI/CD pipeline which takes "just the right amount of time" is crucial in ensuring that you remain confident in your product code.
I initially started with UI based infra, but soon learned that infrastructure is not a separate thing, but part of the product, even if it is not shipped to the customer. Now I prefer YAML based infrastructure pipelines and proper reporting of tests, data and other assets.
Great points Manish. I wonder if the resistance is also because of lack of good guidelines for building infra as code.