The first three chapters are available now and explore:
The gap conventional CI/CD leaves between building software and running it in production
Why deployment and promotion should be treated as separate concerns
Where Kargo fits alongside GitOps tools and delivery platforms
How to install Kargo and begin creating your first promotion workflows
Because the book is part of MEAP, you can start reading while it is still being written and receive new chapters as they become available. It’s also an opportunity to learn Kargo directly from its builders—and to follow their thinking from the underlying delivery problem through to practical implementation.
If your team uses Kubernetes and GitOps, or if your delivery pipelines have become responsible for too many unrelated concerns, this book is worth a look.
One thing I’d be interested to see in the later chapters is how Kargo handles more complicated real-world scenarios—multiple applications, dependencies between releases, failed verification, and promotion freezes. Those are usually the cases where a delivery architecture really proves its value. The MEAP format sounds useful here because readers can follow how the authors address those practical challenges as the book develops.