CI/CD That Ships: GitHub Actions, Pipelines, and Release Confidence (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798248598106)

Too many teams have CI/CD that looks good on a diagram but falls apart under real-world pressure. Flaky pipelines, fragile releases, manual approvals, and late-night rollbacks turn "continuous delivery" into a constant source of stress. This book cuts through the hype and shows you how to design CI/CD systems that earn trust-from developers, managers, and customers alike.

Using GitHub Actions as the backbone, you'll learn how to create pipelines that are observable, secure, and optimized for speed-without sacrificing quality. From first commit to confident release, this book focuses on what matters most: shipping with confidence.

Inside, you'll discover how to:

• Design CI/CD pipelines that scale with your team and codebase

• Use GitHub Actions effectively for testing, building, and deploying real applications

• Eliminate flaky builds and fragile workflows

• Implement progressive delivery, safe rollbacks, and release gates

• Balance speed with reliability using metrics that actually matter

• Build organizational trust in automation-so releases stop being scary

Packed with real-world examples, battle-tested patterns, and hard-won lessons, CI/CD That Ships goes beyond YAML syntax to tackle the human and system challenges of modern software delivery.

Whether you're a developer tired of broken builds, a DevOps engineer designing pipelines from scratch, or a tech leader aiming to improve release reliability, this book gives you the tools and mindset to turn CI/CD into a competitive advantage.