CI/CD

CI/CD (continuous integration / continuous delivery) is an automated pipeline that tests every code change and ships it to production without anyone running steps by hand. Continuous integration runs your test suite the moment code is pushed, catching breakage early; continuous delivery then deploys the passing change automatically. For a lean founder, this is the difference between shipping confidently several times a day and dreading every release. You stop being the manual gate that copies files to a server and remembers which checks to run. Instead, a push to your main branch triggers tests, and green means it goes live. The payoff compounds: small, frequent releases are easier to debug than rare big ones, and the pipeline encodes your quality bar so it holds even when you are moving fast or an AI agent is writing the code.