GEARS / IN PRACTICE
A useful pipeline reduces release risk and feedback time. It should make the safe path easy without turning every small change into infrastructure theatre.
Continuous integration
Changes are merged frequently and validated by automated checks that are fast enough to be used.
Continuous delivery
A tested build can move to production through a repeatable process with clear environment and rollback behaviour.
What to automate
Linting, tests, builds, security checks, previews, migrations and deployment steps where automation removes real risk.
GEARS approach
Keep pipelines observable and proportionate to the product; optimise for reliable feedback, not YAML volume.
GEARS / RELATED