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Configuring Slack notifications with Argo Workflow - a learning experience

Jun 24, 2025 By Shawn Sesna In Codefresh
The acquisition of Codefresh gave me an exciting opportunity to learn new tech. Initially, I thought Argo was just Argo CD. I didn’t realize that Argo consists of 4 distinct projects: A key feature of the Codefresh product is Promotion Flows, which makes heavy use of Argo Workflows. Promotion Flows add the ability to assign Pre and or Post Actions to the process called Promotion Workflows, which are Argo Workflows with some annotations added.
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Laser Focused Kubernetes Deployments Using Argo Rollouts and Header Based Routing

Jun 23, 2025 By Kostis Kapelonis In Codefresh
A Kubernetes cluster with default configuration has access to only two deployment strategies: To get access to more advanced deployment strategies such as blue/green and canaries you need to use a dedicated Progressive Delivery controller such as Argo Rollouts. We have previously covered several basic and advanced scenarios for Argo Rollouts in our blog. Today we answer another common question which is how you can select which of all live users will have access to the canary deployment.
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circleci

Understanding Playwright test hooks in the CI context (JavaScript) - A complete tutorial

Jun 23, 2025 By Waweru Mwaura In CircleCI
All applications need some form of testing, whether frontend, backend, stress testing, or any other. Playwright can help. Playwright is an end-to-end testing framework for web applications, supporting cross-browser testing (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit) from a single API. Its built-in test runner (Playwright Test) provides hook functions to manage set-up and tear-down logic around your tests.
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Validating OS-compatibility for locally-run LLMs using Ollama with CI/CD matrix workflows

Jun 23, 2025 By Muhammad Arham In CircleCI
Large Language Models (LLMs) are becoming increasingly accessible, with regular adoption of open-source models and the growing ecosystem of tools for running them locally. Compact versions are now able to run on consumer-grade hardware, so developers are using LLMs on personal devices like Linux workstations, macOS laptops, or even Windows machines. As this trend grows, so does the need to ensure that your LLM-powered applications run reliably across all major operating systems.
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atlassian

Evolving deployments in Bitbucket Pipelines: Concurrency Groups and Environments

Jun 23, 2025 By Edmund Munday In Atlassian
We’re excited to announce that Bitbucket Cloud is introducing two powerful new features in Bitbucket Pipelines: Concurrency Groups and Environments. These enhancements are part of a broader initiative to make the Deployments functionality more flexible and user-friendly by breaking down its current monolithic structure into smaller, more granular capabilities that you can control directly.
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cloudsmith

OWASP CI/CD Part 8: Ungoverned Usage of 3rd Party Services

Jun 20, 2025 By Nigel Douglas In Cloudsmith
The boundaries of what organizations build internally and what they adopt externally have blurred. Developers routinely integrate third-party services into critical CI/CD pipelines, often with minimal friction and limited oversight. This rapid plug-and-play convenience, while key to modern engineering velocity, is also quietly expanding the attack surface in ways many teams struggle to track - let alone govern.
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Adding AI to applications using the Model Context Protocol

Jun 20, 2025 By Ian Taylor In Cloudsmith
Large Language Models (LLMs) are now at the cutting edge of mainstream AI systems. Their impact has been seismic, sparking a new gold rush as application developers transform the user experience away from clicks and commands into natural language and advanced automation. However, application developers have a barrier to overcome. AI models need data to reason and respond to a particular application domain.
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The State of GitOps 2025: Key findings and what they mean to you

Jun 20, 2025 By Codefresh In Codefresh
What’s working in GitOps today and what’s not? Join Steve Fenton for an exclusive walkthrough of Octopus Deploy's inaugural State of GitOps report. Based on insights from over 600 DevOps and Platform Engineering professionals, learn how teams use GitOps in the real world, the outcomes, and the practices that lead to the best results. We’ll explore: Whether you’re just starting or looking to refine a mature practice, this webinar will give you data-backed insights and actionable takeaways.
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Risk and the problems of 3rd party software dependencies

Jun 20, 2025 By Cloudsmith In Cloudsmith
Docker's VP of Product, Michael Donovan, discusses the importance of risk management and the security challenges introduced by the scale of 3rd party software dependency in development. See the full webinar: https:/cloudsmith.com/webinars Get to know Cloudsmith: About Cloudsmith We offer the world's best cloud-native artifact management platform to control, secure, and distribute everything that flows through your software supply chain. Cloudsmith operates at enterprise scale, reduces risk, and streamlines builds.
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