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The artifact graph: every stage emits context
Explain the practical point behind "The lifecycle is a graph of artifacts strung across a fleet of disconnected enterprise systems."
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One mental model separates a field engineer from a demo jockey: every stage of the lifecycle emits an artifact into a system of record and every artifact is context the AI either has or doesn't. The lifecycle is a graph of artifacts strung across a fleet of disconnected enterprise systems. The AI's effectiveness is bounded by how much of that graph it can see.
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Stage
- Stage
- Plan
- System of record
- Jira / Linear
- Artifact emitted
- Tickets, epics, acceptance criteria
- Stage
- Design
- System of record
- Confluence / Notion
- Artifact emitted
- Design docs, ADRs, RFCs
- Stage
- Build
- System of record
- GitHub / GitLab
- Artifact emitted
- Code, PRs, review threads
- Stage
- Test / CI
- System of record
- Jenkins + Artifactory
- Artifact emitted
- Pipelines, test results, build artifacts
- Stage
- Release
- System of record
- ServiceNow
- Artifact emitted
- Change records, CABChange Advisory Board. A group that reviews and signs off on higher-risk production changes before they ship. Press Enter for the full definition. approvals
- Stage
- Operate
- System of record
- Datadog / PagerDuty
- Artifact emitted
- Metrics, alerts, incidents, postmortems
| Stage | System of record | Artifact emitted |
|---|---|---|
| Plan | Jira / Linear | Tickets, epics, acceptance criteria |
| Design | Confluence / Notion | Design docs, ADRs, RFCs |
| Build | GitHub / GitLab | Code, PRs, review threads |
| Test / CI | Jenkins + Artifactory | Pipelines, test results, build artifacts |
| Release | ServiceNow | Change records, CABChange Advisory Board. A group that reviews and signs off on higher-risk production changes before they ship. Press Enter for the full definition. approvals |
| Operate | Datadog / PagerDuty | Metrics, alerts, incidents, postmortems |