CI/CD Pipeline Patterns

Overview

Slow pipelines block delivery, misconfigured secrets become attack vectors, and poorly designed deployment strategies cause downtime. Use this guide when designing, reviewing, or improving CI/CD pipelines across GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and general pipeline tooling.

When to use: Designing a new pipeline from scratch; reviewing an existing pipeline for speed or reliability; evaluating deployment strategies for a release; hardening supply chain security; investigating flaky builds or slow test suites.

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