Docker’s Gareth Rushgrove on the Importance of CI/CD Pipelines and the Future of Containers

Gareth Rushgrove, a product manager at Docker and editor of the "DevOps Weekly" newsletter, discusses his role in developing Docker's developer solutions and the importance of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) in modern software development. He highlights the Cloud Native Application Bundle (CNAB), a collaborative initiative with Microsoft, as a new specification aimed at creating a unified packaging standard for API-driven infrastructure. Rushgrove emphasizes the necessity of CI/CD as a foundational practice and recognizes the shifts in enterprise software towards more cost-aware strategies, with trends like "CostOps" emerging to optimize infrastructure expenses. He also notes the growing importance of integrating financial considerations into DevOps practices, similar to how security has become a fundamental aspect of the development process.