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Why I Created `n8n-gitops`

· 5 min read
Joao Gilberto Magalhaes
Startup / Founder / Developer

n8n is an excellent workflow IDE, but its default production workflow relies on manual, UI-driven deployment. That approach breaks fundamental engineering principles around change control, auditability, and reproducibility. n8n-gitops exists to close that gap by turning n8n workflows into versioned, reviewable, and reproducible artifacts managed through Git and deployed through automation. It allows teams to keep n8n's visual productivity while enforcing the same delivery standards used for any other production system.

How I Manage 30+ Open Source Projects (and Stay Sane 😄)

· 6 min read
Joao Gilberto Magalhaes
Startup / Founder / Developer

How I Manage 30+ Open Source Projects

Maintaining more than 30 open source projects is a bit like conducting an orchestra alone.
Each project has its own particularities, dependencies, pipelines, documentation, and tests — and yet all of them need to work in harmony.

In a company with 30 microservices, it’s common to have something like 2 to 4 DevOps, 3 to 5 Product Owners, and 50 to 100 developers.
I do this mostly by myself.

It sounds impossible, but it isn’t.
Let’s walk through how this ecosystem works — and how automation, standardization, and good use of Artificial Intelligence make it not only viable, but actually enjoyable.