CI/CD Pipeline Design: GitHub Actions in Practice
CI/CD is the lifeblood of modern software delivery. Manual builds and deployments are not only inefficient but also breeding grounds for incidents — the “works on my machine” tragedy almost always stems from a lack of automated pipelines. As GitHub’s native CI/CD platform, GitHub Actions integrates seamlessly with code repositories, offers generous free tiers for open-source projects, and has become one of the most popular CI/CD tools. This article starts from core concepts and walks through two practical scenarios — a Go project and a Hugo site — to comprehensively explain pipeline design....