Opinions are Like Pipelines

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Argues that pipeline infighting wastes elite engineering time and advocates a pragmatic middle path: let expert teams incubate bespoke Jenkins/GitLab/Drone pipelines, then register discoverable reusable pipelines in Harness with Terraform modules so others can adopt them. Uses DORA-style metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, MTTR) to choose winners, keeps components simple and composable, and runs a cloud community of practice to scale adoption and preserve autonomy while improving enterprise delivery.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:03What are opinions
3. 4:07CICD pipelines
4. 6:22Pipeline wars
5. 8:42Polar opposites
6. 10:21One pipeline to rule them all
7. 12:13How do we combat this
8. 15:34Keeping it simple
9. 19:38Objective conversations
10. 22:28Community of practice
11. 25:02How are we bridging these
12. 27:44Conclusion

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