Manual review as a reminder

Description and use

Adding a manual review step in the CI configuration uncovered documentation drift, version mismatches, and unexported models that automation would otherwise miss.

Problem

Relying solely on automation can let documentation drift, version mismatches, or unexported retrained models slip through the CI pipeline.

Outcome

The manual review gate increased awareness of subtle issues that automation alone would miss, improving codebase honesty and reliability.

Workflow

• 1. Switch repository to draft mode in CI config. 2. Trigger CI pipeline. 3. Pipeline stops at manual review gate. 4. Review build artifacts, documentation, model export status. 5. Approve or reject the release based on findings.
• 6. If approved, merge changes and publish release.

Evidence

I switched the repository back to draft mode today, just to make sure the next release goes through a manual review step.

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The change itself is a single line in the CI config, but it reminded me how often I rely on automation to push code forward without stopping to look at the output.

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In a project that mixes AI model serving with a small web front‑end, the temptation is to let the pipeline run unchecked because it saves time.

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Yet the moment I add a manual gate, I notice the small things that would otherwise be missed: documentation drift, version mismatches, or a model that was retrained but not re‑exported.

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