CI/CD Platform Engineering

A book-shaped table of contents for CI/CD platform engineering: pipeline foundations, build/artifact/delivery platforms, GitHub Actions end to end (workflow mechanics through enterprise governance), Argo Workflows, Tekton, Jenkins, release engineering, platform security, observability, reliability, enterprise governance, and MAANG interview preparation — cross-linking existing tech/kubernetes/platform-engineering-fundamentals/system-design notes instead of duplicating them.

1 — Release Engineering Fundamentals

Covers the release lifecycle, release planning, release trains, and versioning schemes as the fundamentals of disciplined release engineering.

2 — Release Automation

Covers automated releases, promotion pipelines, release validation gates, and rollback mechanics as the automation layer over manual release processes.

3 — Deployment Governance

Covers change approval workflows, risk assessment, compliance gates, and audit trails as the governance controls layered over deployment automation.

8 — Matrix Builds

Explains matrix strategy fan-out, dynamic matrices computed at runtime, include/exclude overrides, and common OS and language matrix patterns.