CI/CD Pipelines: From Commit to Production Safely

Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment transform code changes into running software automatically. Done well, you push code and forget about it โ€” the pipeline handles testing, building, and deploying. Done poorly, you spend more time fighting the pipeline than writing code. The Pipeline Stages C o m m i t โ†’ B u i l d โ†’ T e s t โ†’ S e c u r i t y โ†’ A r t i f a c t โ†’ D e p l o y โ†’ V e r i f y Each stage is a gate. Fail any stage, stop the pipeline. ...

February 23, 2026 ยท 6 min ยท 1182 words ยท Rob Washington

GitHub Actions: CI/CD That Lives Where Your Code Does

How to set up continuous integration and deployment with GitHub Actions โ€” from first workflow to production deploys.

February 10, 2026 ยท 5 min ยท 931 words ยท Rob Washington