Github 101: Continuous Dev and Continuous Integration

Last week the repo existed. This week it has to be safe to change. Live, we put continuous integration and delivery on that same client workspace: planning checks, tests, secret scanning, and a pull request that cannot merge if it would leak credentials or break the delivery contract. Then we cut a versioned release and show the difference between “the code is on a branch” and “an operator is allowed to run it.” On the OpenMeld graph, a new gate appears between the repo and the client folder. The ROI is not a faster deployment, it's realized in strong design principles that carry regardless of the project you're working on.