Although PlanetScale was built with CI/CD workflows in mind, we lacked clear guidance on how its features mapped to the standard eight phases of the DevOps lifecycle. Developers unfamiliar with our toolset needed help understanding where PlanetScale fit into their existing workflows.
To bridge this gap, I used my prior experience building CI/CD pipelines and created a new section of our documentation portal that introduced each of the eight DevOps phases—Plan, Develop, Build, Test, Release, Deploy, Operate, and Monitor. Each page explained the purpose of the phase, highlighted how PlanetScale could be used during that stage, and outlined the benefits of doing so.
To bring the concept to life, I also wrote a fictional narrative illustrating how a modern engineering team might use PlanetScale alongside other tools across the entire DevOps process. This helped contextualize technical features in a more engaging and relatable way.
While the original long-form content has since been condensed and migrated to the blog, the core ideas remain accessible in a more concise format: The Eight Phases of DevOps.