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What should developers avoid when using Jenkins in 2026?

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Answer:
Developers should avoid using freestyle Jenkins jobs for new pipelines - Declarative Pipelines as code in a Jenkinsfile offer versioning, reproducibility, and maintainability that freestyle jobs cannot match. Avoid running Jenkins without a distributed agent architecture for large teams - single-server Jenkins can become a bottleneck and a single point of failure. Consider migrating to GitHub Actions or GitLab CI for new projects where Jenkins' complexity and maintenance overhead are not justified by existing investment.

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