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3 CI/CD challenges to consider

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Chrissie Buchanan
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566
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Language
English
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Summary

Continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) aims to enhance software quality and expedite delivery for DevOps teams, but challenges remain in its implementation, particularly in modernizing CI/CD processes to overcome barriers such as high maintenance costs and development slowdowns. Key issues include the allocation of significant resources to maintain complex toolchains rather than delivering business value, and conflicts between development and operations teams due to differing incentives for innovation versus stability. Additionally, developers often face difficulties with environment dependencies and context switching, which can delay production and demoralize them as they manage both development and operations tasks. This article encourages considering tools like GitLab CI/CD to address these challenges by offering a more integrated and efficient approach to CI/CD.

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