https://jamal.dev/tags/cicd/Recent content in Cicd on Jamal YusufHugoen-usWed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jamal.dev/writing/golden-paths-beat-golden-rules/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jamal.dev/writing/golden-paths-beat-golden-rules/<p>Every enterprise I have worked in had golden rules.</p> <p>Use this pipeline. Deploy this way. Don&rsquo;t touch production on Friday. File a ticket for an environment. Put your Terraform in <em>that</em> repo, unless you are Team B, in which case ask Dave.</p> <p>Some of those rules were wise. Almost none of them were <strong>walkable</strong>.</p> <p>The difference matters. A rule is a sentence. A path is a sequence an engineer can complete on a Tuesday without a meeting, a waiver, or a folk hero.</p>