https://jamesm.blog/tags/ci-cd/ Recent content in Ci-Cd on jamesm.blog https://jamesm.blog/papermod-cover.png https://jamesm.blog/papermod-cover.png Hugo en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0100 https://jamesm.blog/devops/devops-in-the-age-of-ai-agents/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0100 https://jamesm.blog/devops/devops-in-the-age-of-ai-agents/ <p>For years, DevOps has been about breaking down silos and automating the software delivery lifecycle. We moved from manual deployments to Jenkins scripts, then to YAML-defined pipelines, and eventually to Infrastructure as Code (IaC).</p> <p>But in 2026, the bottleneck is no longer the speed of the pipeline—it&rsquo;s the speed of human decision-making within that pipeline. We are entering the era of <strong>Agentic DevOps</strong>.</p> <h2 id="from-automation-to-autonomy">From Automation to Autonomy</h2> <p>Traditional DevOps automation follows a strict &ldquo;if this, then that&rdquo; logic. AI-driven DevOps uses reasoning models to handle the &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not sure, let me figure it out&rdquo; scenarios that typically stall a release.</p>