Our industry is full of buzzwords, jargon and abbreviations. Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) is one example. It’s a core aspect of DevOps, but it predates DevOps by decades, drastically changing the way we build and release software. Before the popularity of CI/CD, releasing software was a massive undertaking.
Providing the new version of a piece of software on a floppy disc, CD or thumb drive wasn’t uncommon.