https://agiletechies.com/tags/continuous-integration/ Recent content in Continuous Integration on The Agile Techies Daily List https://agiletechies.com/images/papermod-cover.png https://agiletechies.com/images/papermod-cover.png Hugo en-US rajesh@duggalmail.com (Raj Duggal) rajesh@duggalmail.com (Raj Duggal) Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://agiletechies.com/posts/dont-break-the-build/ Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000rajesh@duggalmail.com (Raj Duggal) https://agiletechies.com/posts/dont-break-the-build/ <p>Many teams accept it as normal, and &ldquo;usual&rdquo;, for the build to break now and again. Instead, foster a team culture where it&rsquo;s considered an &ldquo;unusual&rdquo; thing.</p> <p>Before checking in code, the builder needs to run the unit tests and acceptance tests. If the build breaks, something <em>unusual</em> has happened, and we switch focus to fix it immediately.</p> <p>A simple visual trick that can help accelerate the discipline of keeping the build in good health: Create a visual calendar year grid diagram for the build, and mark a green dot for each day with no build failures and a red dot for each day with at least one build failure.</p>