Critique of Modern CI Platforms: Complexity vs. Practical Benefits
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Summary
Gregory Szorc critiques modern CI (Continuous Integration) platforms, arguing they have become overly complex and misdirected despite their benefits. While acknowledging that centralized CI platforms like GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, and Bitbucket enable developers to ship more reliable software more frequently, he contends that the current state of CI involves excessive configuration complexity that distracts from the core goal of simply shipping software. The article examines how CI platforms have evolved and the trade-offs between their power and usability.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledThe state of CI platforms is much stronger than it was just a few years ago
Centralized CI platforms like GitHub Actions, GitLab Pipelines, and Bitbucket provide benefits of scale
Do a search for how to do X on CI platform Y and you'll typically find some code you can copy and paste
Nobody wants to toil with wrangling their CI configuration after all: they just want to ship
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