--- title: The Roadmap | daily.dev description: Gary inherits a deeply broken application with 500+ copy-pasted controllers, no CI/CD, no deployment process, and massive cloud waste. He takes initiative,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-roadmap-fcxpdab7p twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Roadmap | daily.dev og:description: Gary inherits a deeply broken application with 500+ copy-pasted controllers, no CI/CD, no deployment process, and massive cloud waste. He takes initiative,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-roadmap-fcxpdab7p og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fcxPdAb7P.png og:image:alt: The Roadmap og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Roadmap **[The Daily WTF](https://daily.dev/sources/thedailywtf)** · 4 min read · 6 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Gary inherits a deeply broken application with 500+ copy-pasted controllers, no CI/CD, no deployment process, and massive cloud waste. He takes initiative, cuts cloud costs by 60%, automates deployments, and eliminates downtime. When called into a management meeting, he expects praise — instead, managers criticize him for not following an outdated 2020 roadmap and ignoring untracked bugs. Gary's response: update his resume. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [5 Pieces of Advice for the Leader Inheriting the Mess](https://daily.dev/posts/5-pieces-of-advice-for-the-leader-inheriting-the-mess-ddgco43eg) · SD Times · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I copied a prompt and built a management system in a week](https://daily.dev/posts/i-copied-a-prompt-and-built-a-management-system-in-a-week-xhuigv0wx) · thoughbot · 3 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#company-culture](https://daily.dev/tags/company-culture), [#finops](https://daily.dev/tags/finops), [#technical-debt](https://daily.dev/tags/technical-debt) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-roadmap-fcxpdab7p) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Roadmap","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-roadmap-fcxpdab7p","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-roadmap-fcxpdab7p"},"datePublished":"2026-06-25T11:46:14.391Z","dateModified":"2026-06-25T11:46:32.025Z","description":"Gary inherits a deeply broken application with 500+ copy-pasted controllers, no CI/CD, no deployment process, and massive cloud waste. He takes initiative,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--HRgLpUt6--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2003","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--HRgLpUt6--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2003","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Daily WTF","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Daily WTF","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/d21a6aa61a7244d893a3b3284df8e2ef","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/thedailywtf"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-roadmap-fcxpdab7p","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"cicd,company-culture,finops,technical-debt","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Daily WTF","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/thedailywtf"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Roadmap"}]} ```