Why I Built Trellis

I&rsquo;ve been running Groups.io for over a decade. It&rsquo;s not a weekend project — it has millions of users and a lot of moving parts. I write the code, run the dev environment, deploy to production, and get woken up when something breaks. The neat &ldquo;dev vs ops&rdquo; distinction doesn&rsquo;t really apply. It&rsquo;s just me switching hats all day. For years, I glued things together…