Glossary
What is CI/CD Pipeline?
Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment — automated systems that run tests, checks, and deployments every time code is pushed. CI runs your test suite on every PR. CD deploys passing code to staging and production automatically. Together, they catch bugs before they reach users and make deployment a button push instead of a manual process.
Last updated: May 2026
Why it matters
Without CI/CD, deployment is a manual, error-prone process. You SSH into a server, pull the latest code, restart the process, and hope nothing breaks. With CI/CD, every change is tested automatically, preview deployments are created for every PR, and shipping to production is a merge, not a migration.
Where AI gets this wrong
How AI tools get this wrong, and why it matters for your app.
AI tools generate application code, not deployment pipelines. They don't configure GitHub Actions, Vercel preview deploys, or Fly.io release commands. The code ships — the infrastructure to ship it safely doesn't.
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