[hawski]

My problem with Jenkins is that it very often leads to a pile of Groovy, that no one really understands and then some things can be only done through Jenkins instead of a developer's machine for example. That's also one of the reasons behind all those YAML-CI/CD configs that are trendy today, which (besides using YAML) I fully agree with. Also I hate that Jenkins pushes secrets through environmental flags.

I understand that for most companies they post a job offer with Jenkins as one of keyword requirements and they are mostly done. That is probably much more important than any actual utility of the tool beyond tens or hundreds of thousands of lines of Groovy that someone has to maintain.