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The Script-First Approach to CI/CD: Building Portable and Testable Automation Pipelines

·6 mins
DevOps Infrastructure CI/CD DevOps Automation Best Practices Scripts GitHub Actions Jenkins GitLab
When building CI/CD pipelines, I follow a fundamental principle: the pipeline configuration (YAML/JSON) should be a thin orchestration layer that primarily calls scripts, while the actual logic lives in version-controlled, testable scripts. This approach treats pipeline configuration files as mere schedulers and environment providers, not as the primary home for build logic.