What are the current industry standards for setting up a CI/CD pipeline when you are working entirely by yourself on a desktop application?
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What are the current industry standards for setting up a CI/CD pipeline when you are working entirely by yourself on a desktop application?
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2026 CI/CD best practices GitHub Actions documentation build test release desktop application code signing SLSA DORA trunk based developmentGoogle ↗
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GitHub Actions security hardening pin actions least privilege permissions official documentationGoogle ↗
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Microsoft desktop app code signing Windows SmartScreen signing official documentation Apple notarization macOS distribution officialGoogle ↗
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2026 CI/CD best practices GitHub Actions documentation build test release desktop application code signing SLSA DORA trunk based development Google ↗
GitHub Actions security hardening pin actions least privilege permissions official documentation Google ↗
Microsoft desktop app code signing Windows SmartScreen signing official documentation Apple notarization macOS distribution official Google ↗
- Continuous integration · docs.github.com
- github-actions-for-desktop-apps/README.md at main · microsoft/github-actions-for-desktop-apps · github.com
- Code signing options for Windows app developers - Windows apps · learn.microsoft.com
- Notarizing macOS software before distribution · developer.apple.com
- Repository Hardening · owasp.github.io
- CI/CD Pipeline Security · owasp.github.io
- GitHub Actions Security · cheatsheetseries.owasp.org
- GitHub Actions documentation · docs.github.com
- GitHub Code Security · docs.github.com
- GitHub release documentation · docs.github.com
- Sentry documentation · docs.sentry.io
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2026 CI/CD best practices GitHub Actions documentation build test release desktop application code signing SLSA DORA trunk based development OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Instruction | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
GitHub Actions security hardening pin actions least privilege permissions official documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Instruction | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Microsoft desktop app code signing Windows SmartScreen signing official documentation Apple notarization macOS distribution official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |