DevOps for Small Teams: How to Set Up CI/CD, Docker, and Deployment Automation

DevOps practices aren't just for large companies. This guide shows small development teams how to set up modern DevOps workflows: Git branching strategy, GitHub Actions for CI/CD, Docker containerization, deployment to DigitalOcean/AWS/Hetzner, environment management, database backups, monitoring with UptimeRobot, and zero-downtime deployments.