Unlock better DevOps with GitLab CI/CD
Oct 18, 2019Chrissie Buchanan

Summary
This post argues for a single-application CI/CD solution like GitLab CI/CD over complex, plugin-heavy tools like Jenkins. It highlights the disadvantages of Jenkins, including its architecture requiring extensive maintenance, upgrade risks, difficult-to-maintain Groovy scripting, and lack of clustering/failover. The post emphasizes that complicated tools create silos and lack of visibility, hindering DevOps adoption. It positions GitLab CI/CD as a solution that integrates SCM, issue tracking, security testing, and monitoring into a single interface to foster better DevOps practices.