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Hot‑Wiring a Bakkie with Chicken Wire: Why Your DevOps Needs an Upgrade

July 22, 2025
Miki von Kotelhodt

If deploying your apps feels like hotwiring a bakkie with chicken wire, just functional enough to move but risky to push beyond a crawl, you’re not alone. For many dev agencies and tech teams, getting from Git to production still means dealing with manual setups, fragile scripts, and constant worry.

The fragile reality of modern DevOps

Let’s call it what it is: a Rube Goldberg machine stitched together with CI tools, shell scripts, and fragile YAML files. One slip, one untested branch, and you’re debugging live.

From “set up the server” to “did the rollback actually work?”, it’s chaos in disguise.

Whether it’s bouncing between staging and prod, or crossing your fingers during deploys, it never feels solid. Most teams rely on senior engineers to fix what automation didn’t catch, It works, but no one’s driving it fast. That’s the tension we keep hearing. And it’s exactly the problem Code Capsules is built to solve..

Why DevOps still feels like chicken wire

Despite the explosion of DevOps tools, most agencies and technical teams still deal with:

  • Inconsistent environments across dev, staging, and production.
  • Manual interventions for server setup and config management.
  • Unpredictable rollbacks that work “only if nothing else changed.”
  • Overhead for every new service or deployment stack.

Each tool solves part of the problem, but integration friction often adds more complexity than it removes.

Why we built Code Capsules 

Code Capsules replaces your chicken wire with a clean, end-to-end DevOps chassis. No server setup. No guessing if your rollback works. No 3 a.m. alerts. Here’s how:

Git-native deployments

Push code → live deploy. GitHub, Bitbucket and Gitlab integration automates your pipelines without external tools.

In July 2025 we shipped support for Gitlab and Bitbucket

Unified capsules for every layer

Frontend, backend, database—all in one platform. Each capsule is isolated, secure, and designed for scale.

Built-in monitoring & logging

No external dashboards. Get performance metrics, error logs, and deploy history where you work.

Scalable, Usage-Based Pricing

Start with a $7/mo capsule, scale only when needed. Predictable costs. No lock-in.

Say goodbye to duct tape DevOps

Look, your senior engineers shouldn’t have to play DevOps wizard just to get something into production. With Code Capsules, things are way smoother:

  • New projects? You can get them up and running in minutes.
  • Deployments? They’re pretty much hands-off — and if something goes wrong, rolling back is easy.
  • And your team? They get to stay focused on building cool stuff, not fiddling with config files.

You don’t need a cloud architect for this. Just capsules that quietly do their job. Still unsure, here are some of success stories of how our clients are benefiting from Code Capsules. 

Migrating to simpler DevOps

We’re seeing it everywhere, custom dev shops, agencies, product teams,  they’re moving on from those over-engineered, fragile stacks. Instead, they’re leaning into platforms that actually make life easier for developers.

They’re shipping faster, scaling without stress, and yeah, developers are finally getting their evenings back.

Whether it’s full-stack APIs or JAMstack frontends, Code Capsules just slots in. No drama, no duct tape. It fits. Well, that is what we’ve been told. 

Do you relate?

If your DevOps setup still feels like hot-wiring a bakkie with chicken wire, just barely holding together,  it might be time to rethink things.

With Code Capsules, going from Git push to a secure, live app actually feels smooth. Fast. Reliable. Safe.

No more sweating every deploy. No more middle-of-the-night rollbacks. Just a setup that works the way you hoped DevOps would.

Ready to simplify your DevOps? 

Start using Code Capsule’s for free. Or talk to our team about how to make your deployment headaches a thing of the past. 

Code Capsules handles your infrastructure, so you can focus on building.

We give you a scalable, secure, and developer-friendly platform that keeps your full stack in one place without the complexity of traditional cloud providers.
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