Drone is the ultimate example of simplicity in CI. Automatic VCS-provider OAuth, automatic authorization for repos/builds, native secrets, plugins are container

Drone is the ultimate example of simplicity in CI. Automatic VCS-provider OAuth, automatic authorization for repos/builds, native secrets, plugins are containers, server configuration is just environment variables, SQL for stateful backend, S3 for logs, and a yaml file for the pipelines. There's really nothing else to it. And when you need a feature like dynamic variables, they support things you're already familiar with, like Bourne shell parameter expansion. Whoever created it deeply understands KISS. I think the only reason it doesn't take over the entire world is the licensing. (It's not expensive at all considering what you're getting, but most companies would rather pay 10x to roll their own than admit that maybe it's worth paying for software sometimes)