Key challenges of the current state of CD
Before we try to simulate the evolution of CD through this chapter, let’s try to establish the baseline or the purpose of this evolution. Of course, some aspects might be random, but most of the parts that are discussed in this chapter will be evolving due to the current challenges and constraints introduced because of architectural or functional limitations. There are also operational and process aspects that might be a bottleneck in the future. So, the following are some identified challenges:
- Exponential growth in tools: It is hard to believe that we only started a decade or so ago with most of the practices and concepts in the CD space. Today, hundreds of tools are available that can perform foundational tasks for CI/CD.
- Co-evolution of practices, tools, and the cloud: The co-evolution of processes and tools does interrupt stability with bursts of short evolution cycles, whether it be Infrastructure as Code (IaC), progressive...
