TLDR Tech / Dev
No, Really, Bash Is Not Enough: Why Large-Scale CI Needs an Orchestrator
While Bash scripts work for simple CI needs, they are not enough for complex, large-scale CI pipelines because they don't have inherent orchestration for parallel jobs, dependencies, and error handling. Mature engineering teams therefore require a dedicated CI orchestrator that provides job isolation, a comprehensive control plane for visibility, and structured primitives to define complex, distributed build pipelines.
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