I Compared Every Major CI/CD Strategy So You Don't Have To

Not sure how many deployment environments your team actually needs? Dev only? Dev, Staging, Prod? Or five environments with a two-week deployment process? 📋 👇 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗖𝗜/𝗖𝗗 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 — 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 If you want to make sure your pipeline is actually production-ready once you've picked your environment strategy, grab our free CI/CD checklist — 👉 https://bit.ly/4viLw0A In this video, I break down the 3 most common CI/CD pipeline strategies used in real companies, explain why each one exists, when it makes sense, and how to choose the right setup for your team. Because there's no universally correct answer — it depends entirely on what you're building and what the cost of a bug is. ▬▬▬▬▬▬ What you'll learn ▬▬▬▬▬▬ - Why some teams deploy straight to production (and when that's actually fine) - What the 5-environment setup looks like and who it's really for - Why Dev → Staging → Prod works for most software teams - A simple framework to choose the right strategy for your team - The most common mistakes teams make with deployment environments ▬▬▬▬▬▬ T I M E S T A M P S ⏰ ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - The core question: how many environments do you need? 01:31 - Strategy 1: The Minimalist 06:30 - Strategy 2: The Paranoid 12:22 - Strategy 3: The Practical 17:36 - How to choose the right strategy for your team 18:51 - Common mistakes to avoid ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Connect with me 👋 ▬▬▬▬▬▬ INSTAGRAM ► https://bit.ly/2F3LXYJ TWITTER ► https://bit.ly/3i54PUB LINKEDIN ► https://bit.ly/3hWOLVT