I guess people triggering the pipeline is already part of the problem
No matter what you do, at some point you have some human performing some action which will, after N indirection layers, result in a change in prod, unless you have the mythical fully automated agentic software factory.
No matter what you do, at some point you have some human performing some action which will, after N indirection layers, result in a change in prod, unless you have the mythical fully automated agentic software factory.