Adopting source code management best practices, such as regular commits, keeping repositories up to date, creating detailed commit messages, reviewing changes before committing, and implementing proper security practices, significantly enhances CI/CD workflows and improves software quality and reliability. Regular commits facilitate stability and collaboration, while ensuring the repository is up-to-date minimizes integration issues, allowing teams to work with a consistent codebase. Detailed commit messages provide clarity and improve collaboration, while pre-commit reviews help catch errors and maintain consistency with team standards. Incorporating security practices into the development lifecycle, as advocated by the DevSecOps approach, proactively mitigates risks and ensures secure code delivery without slowing down the development process. Chinmay Gaikwad's expertise in cloud-native solutions, Kubernetes, application security, and CI/CD pipelines has been cultivated through roles at companies like Intel and IBM, alongside co-authoring "AI Native Software Delivery."