When you're a solo developer, every minute counts. That's why I built my personal website v2 with a CI/CD foundation that scales. My strategy: automate everything that can be automated, so I can focus on what matters. This means automated testing, automated deployments, and automated quality checks that catch issues before they reach production. The foundation: Django + Railway + GitHub Actions, providing enterprise-grade reliability without enterprise complexity. Automated testing pipelines, and deployment automation that works whether I'm deploying alone or with a team. The result: I can push code and have it live in production in under 3 minutes, with full confidence that it's been tested and validated. When I eventually scale to a team, this foundation will support them without modification.