Keeping the tech stack simple helps a lot with the CI/CD space. I still prefer to use custom tools that are part of the project source so I don't get locked in.

Keeping the tech stack simple helps a lot with the CI/CD space. I still prefer to use custom tools that are part of the project source so I don't get locked in. This is like EC2 vs FaaS for me. I'll take the vanilla abstraction please. Most of the time, I'm just running dotnet build to a zip file and s3 bucket. Then, some code or script picks it up on the other side. Things get much trickier when you're using multiple services, languages, runtimes, database technologies, etc.