Concepts Every Developer Should Know: CI/CD Pipelines. A CI/CD pipeline is an automated workflow that manages the building, testing, and release of code through continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery or deployment (CD). It integrates the various stages of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) into a seamless, repeatable process. These stages include source code management, automated testing, artifact creation, deployment orchestration, and automated security scanning. The goal is simple: catch issues as early as possible, when they're cheaper and easier to fix. But that only works if developers trust the feedback the pipeline provides. If security scanners generate too many false positives, developers begin treating security checks like any other noisy build failure. As more security feedback moves directly into CI/CD, the quality of that feedback becomes just as important as the coverage. That's why scanner fidelity matters. Checkmarx's latest announcement introduces a Hybrid scanning approach that combines AI-driven analysis with traditional deterministic rules to improve the quality of security findings before they reach developers. If you want to understand how security feedback is evolving inside modern CI/CD pipelines, it's worth a read. Learn more here → lucode.co/hybrid-sast-articl… What else would you add? —— ♻️ Repost to help others learn and grow. 🙏 Thanks to @Checkmarx for sponsoring this post. ➕ Follow me ( Nikki Siapno ) + turn on notifications.