Engineering Code Confidence: Building Effective Quality Gates in CI/CD pipelines

By Craig Risi

Code confidence is not achieved through isolated tools or late-stage testing.

It is built into the pipeline, enforced through automation, and refined through continuous feedback.

Do you know how confident you are in the code you deploy?Can your pipelines reliably prevent defects, vulnerabilities, and performance issues before they reach production?Are your quality standards clearly defined, measurable, and consistently enforced?Do your teams receive fast, actionable feedback when something goes wrong?Is there alignment between development, testing, security, and operations in how quality is governed?Do you know how to embed quality into your delivery process, not as a checkpoint, but as a continuous, automated discipline?

Engineering Code Confidence answers these questions and more, guiding teams on how to build and scale effective quality gates within modern CI/CD pipelines. It explores how to move beyond reactive testing toward proactive quality enforcement, where every commit is validated, every risk is assessed, and every deployment is backed by data-driven confidence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1049292901
• ISBN13: 9781049292908
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Craig Risi
• Length: 518 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"