Configuration drift- why it’s bad and how to solve it with GitOps and ArgoCD

Configuration drift refers to the disparity between configurations as coded in repositories like Git and what’s actively deployed. Despite embracing continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) methodologies, modern software organizations still grapple with this disparity, which not only complicates deployments but can also jeopardize the stability of production environments. For example, imagine a scenario where a Continuous Deployment (CD) pipeline deploys an application to a Kubernetes cluster, with all configurations codified in a Git repository, as shown in the following diagr