Evolving CI/CD Pipelines for Modern Applications

This chapter explores the evolution of application delivery pipelines, focusing on the limitations of traditional CI/CD tools and the impact of containerization on development practices. It underscores the necessity for adaptable, programmable pipelines and introduces the Dagger system, which utilizes a Directed Acyclic Graph model to enhance concurrency and processing efficiency. The discussion also highlights community-driven innovations and the importance of balancing declarative and imperative programming for an improved developer experience.