GitOps as a Product: Building Self‑Service with ArgoCD

The Problem We Had

Teams wanted to ship fast, but every new service required platform tickets and custom YAML.

The Outcome We Wanted

A self‑service model where developers can launch services safely and consistently.

The Blueprint

The Building Blocks

• Service catalog for onboarding
• Templates that generate GitOps config
• Policy‑as‑code for guardrails

Walkthrough Files

• repo/gitops/self-service/catalog.yaml
• repo/gitops/self-service/template-inputs.yaml

What Changed

Developers moved faster without breaking standards. Platform teams reduced toil and gained consistent, observable deployments.