CI/CD

You’ve probably heard developers talk about “CI/CD pipelines” or “automated deployments” and wondered what that actually means for your website. Maybe you’ve been in meetings where technical terms get thrown around, and you nod along but aren’t quite sure how it all connects to what you care about: getting content live quickly, keeping the site fast, and avoiding broken pages.

Here’s the truth: CI/CD isn’t just developer jargon—it’s the automation system that makes your website faster, more reliable, and safer to update. And understanding the basics can help you make better decisions about your digital infrastructure.

If you’ve been building front-end applications for the past decade, Webpack has probably been a constant companion—sometimes helpful, often frustrating, occasionally infuriating. Those 30-second (or 3-minute) build times. That sprawling configuration file that no one fully understands. The mysterious “Module not found” errors that appear only in production.

Then you hear about Vite. Cold server starts in milliseconds. Hot module replacement that actually feels instant. Configuration so simple you wonder if you’re missing something.