Argo CD
★ 22.5K
Co-creator & lead maintainer
Declarative GitOps continuous delivery for Kubernetes.
CNCF graduated project and the industry standard for GitOps deployments.
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# Co-founder at Akuity · GitOps & Platform Engineering
Alexander Matyushentsev
Co-creator of Argo CD
· Co-founder at Akuity
· Author
I co-created Argo CD back when GitOps wasn't even a word most people used. Didn't expect it to take off the way it did. Built Akuity on top of that — co-founded it with two partners to turn what the community built into something companies could rely on in production.
40K+
GitHub stars
12+
KubeCon talks
1
Book published
Open Source
Building tools the community ships on
Core contributor and co-creator across the Argo project ecosystem — used by thousands of companies running Kubernetes in production.
Argo Workflows
★ 16.6K
Co-creator
Container-native workflow engine for Kubernetes.
The most popular workflow execution engine in the cloud-native ecosystem.
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Argo Rollouts
★ 3.4K
Co-creator
Progressive delivery controller for Kubernetes.
Supports blue/green, canary, and advanced rollout strategies with traffic management.
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Argoproj Labs
80+ projects
Founder
Home for community-maintained projects in the Argo ecosystem.
A GitHub org I created to incubate and host community extensions built around the Argo projects.
Community
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Published book
GitOps and Kubernetes
Manning Publications
GitOps
and Kubernetes
and Kubernetes
Continuous Deployment with Argo CD, Jenkins X, and Flux.
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- What it covers
- A practitioner's guide to GitOps — from Argo CD fundamentals to production deployment patterns, progressive delivery, and building a platform engineering practice on top of Kubernetes.
- Who it's for
- Platform engineers, DevOps teams, and architects who want to move beyond ad-hoc deployments and build a reliable, auditable delivery system.
- Publisher
- Manning Publications, 2021
Writing
GitOps, platform engineering, and open-source —
from the perspective of someone who built the tools.
Essays and deep-dives on Argo, GitOps at scale, and what it actually takes to run cloud-native infrastructure in production.
Talks & appearances
KubeCon & beyond
Regular speaker at KubeCon, ArgoCon, and cloud-native events. Sharing what I learn building Argo and operating it at scale.
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ArgoCon EU · Argo CD Update
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The 10x DevOps Engineer's Toolkit: Argo CD + AI-Driven MCP Automation
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Panel: What They Don't Tell You About Shipping Argo CD v3.0
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Offline, Not Off-Limits: Edge Fleet Management With Argo CD
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Mastering Efficiency in Argo CD: Scaling Smarter, Not Costlier
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Bridge the Gap Between Terraform and GitOps
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Mastering ApplicationSet: Advanced Argo CD Automation
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Supercharging Argo CD's Manifest Generation Capabilities
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Demystify Helm Support in Argo CD
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Keynote: Argo Project — The Cloud Native Key Ingredient
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Argo CD Core — A Pure GitOps Agent for Kubernetes
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How To Build a Production Grade DevOps Platform
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Argo Roadmap Updates for CD, Rollouts, Workflows, and Events
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Argo's Vibrant Ecosystem and Community
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The Argo Ecosystem: Tailoring Your Installation Through Community
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Argo CD Production Best Practices
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Easy Notifications for Kubernetes
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How to Multiply the Power of Argo Projects by Using Them Together
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Tutorial: Everything You Need To Become a GitOps Ninja
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Experience
20 years building things that scale
2022 — Present
Co-founder & Chief ArchitectAkuity
Building the enterprise GitOps platform on top of Argo CD and Kargo. Leading product architecture and engineering, customer production deployments, and the AI agent layer (Akuity Intelligence).
2018 — 2022
Principal Software EngineerIntuit
Core engineer on Argo CD and Argo Rollouts. Ran Argo CD as a service for hundreds of developers at Intuit, powering 1,000+ deployments daily. Led GitOps adoption company-wide.
- Led development of Argo CD — now the industry standard for GitOps on Kubernetes
- Onboarded the first team at Intuit to Argo CD and drove widespread adoption
- Contributed to Argo CD's growth outside Intuit into the broader cloud-native community
2016 — 2018
Member of Technical StaffApplatix
Early engineer on what became the Argo project. Prototyped the lightweight workflow engine design that became Argo Workflows. Led Argo v1/v2 UI development.
- Prototyped the workflow engine architecture behind Argo Workflows
- Led Argo v1 and v2 UI development from scratch
2011 — 2016
Senior Software EngineerEPAM / First Rain / Ooyala
Contributed to DoubleClick Data Platform (Google/EPAM), sales intelligence APIs (First Rain), and content management systems (Ooyala). Built engineering experience across Java, Go, and distributed systems.