CI/CD in 2026:

Reignite Speed, Reliability & Safety

 

"CI/CD is old news." "It's just a commodity now."
Sounds familiar?

Think again. As AI generates more code than ever, validating changes has never been more critical.
Because humans are still the ones making the final call, validation has become the main bottleneck in the dev cycle.

The question remains: How do we validate code faster, more frequently, and with less effort?
In this webinar, we will revisit the fundamentals of CI/CD, tackle today's real engineering challenges, and show in a live demo how CircleCI can help.

Who Should Attend

• Engineers looking to speed up and simplify their CI/CD pipelines
• Teams feeling the pressure of reviewing exponential amounts of code generated by AI tools
• Developers tired of dealing with slow or unreliable CI/CD setups.
• Teams considering CircleCI.
• Engineering managers working on DevOps improvements or test automation

Agenda

1. CI/CD in 2026: Why it still matters
2. AI & the validation revolution: The new bottleneck
3. Real challenges in CI/CD and the cost of skipping validations
4. CircleCI in action: Live demo
5. Q&A

Speaker

Makoto Mizukami
Senior Field Engineer at CircleCI

Makoto is a Senior Field Engineer at CircleCI with a background in support engineering, hands-on development, and team management.
He focuses on providing practical advice based on real-world engineering experience.

Notes

• You can submit questions through the Q&A tool during the talk. We will get to as many as possible during the live session at the end.
• Agenda is subject to minor changes according to how the session unfolds.
• For any inquiries, please contact us at japan-marketing@circleci.com