CI/CD
Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) is a software development practice that automates code integration, testing, and deployment for faster, more reliable releases.
What is CI/CD?
Continuous Integration allows developers to frequently merge code changes into a shared repository, where automated tests and builds check for errors. Continuous Delivery or Deployment extends this process by automating the release of validated changes to staging or production environments. In AI and machine learning workflows, CI/CD can also support automated testing and deployment of models, pipelines, and application updates.
Why is CI/CD Important?
CI/CD helps teams release software more frequently while reducing manual work and deployment errors. Automated testing can identify problems earlier, improve development consistency, and make it easier to safely update AI applications and supporting infrastructure.
Common use cases
CI/CD is commonly used for software releases, AI application deployment, automated testing, model serving updates, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps and MLOps workflows.