Platform teams overwhelmed by support burden as developers bypass CI/CD standardization

7/10 High

As organizations grow, platform engineers spend more time troubleshooting CI/CD issues than building. Developers bypass the 'golden path' and create custom pipelines, duplicating work and undermining standardization efforts.

CI/CD
Category
dx
Workaround
hack
Freshness
worsening
Scope
framework
Recurring
Yes
Buyer Type
team

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Collection History

Query: “What are the most common pain points with CI/CD for developers in 2025?”4/8/2026

Platform teams exist to amplify your developers' capabilities, not to act as a help desk for broken pipelines. When friction builds, teams start stepping off the golden path: creating their own pipelines, duplicating work, and undermining the standardization the platform was meant to provide.

Created: 4/8/2026Updated: 4/8/2026