# Treat Your Development Pipeline Like a Production System

The article argues that CI/CD pipelines should be treated as production systems because they are critical infrastructure. Failures in the pipeline block releases and waste developer time, so they need the same reliability and monitoring as the software they deploy.

**Importance:** 2/5

## Sources

### Technology
- [Hacker News](https://sundry.jerryorr.com/2026/07/31/development-pipeline-is-a-production-system) — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 03:16:09 +0000