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What GitLab CI is good at
Strengths
- +Tight GitLab integration
- +Pipelines as code
- +Self-hostable
Tradeoffs
- −Tied to GitLab
- −UI can be heavy
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Drop into Claude / Cursor to get idiomatic GitLab CI code.
You're working with GitLab CI. CI/CD built into GitLab. Best practices: - Lean on: tight gitlab integration - Lean on: pipelines as code - Lean on: self-hostable Things to watch for: - Watch out for: tied to gitlab - Watch out for: ui can be heavy General guidance: - Canonical docs: https://gitlab.com — check here before inventing APIs. - Keep secrets in environment variables, never commit them. - Write TypeScript where the ecosystem supports it; add types to every exported function. - Add tests for the critical paths before declaring the task done. - Read-the-docs is usually faster than guessing — cite the docs page in code comments when you apply a non-obvious pattern.
Beginner's guide to GitLab CI
In one line: Built into GitLab — CI/CD without adding another tool.
If your repo is on GitLab, their built-in CI is tightly integrated. Self-hostable too.
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