What is a CI/CD pipeline exactly?

It's the automated chain from code push to production: build, test, deploy. Triggers on commits, fails fast.

CI/CD pipeline vs. Jenkins—which to pick?

Jenkins is a tool; pipeline's the concept. Use GitHub Actions if on GitHub—native, cheap start.

Never fully. Automates the grunt, humans own exploratory and UX. Word count: ~1050.

Think CI/CD pipelines fixed software deploys forever? Think again. Twenty years in, they're still a grind for most devs—here's the unvarnished truth.

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