Chapter 13: The Production Pipeline

"Code on your laptop is a prototype. Code in the repo is a product."

🏛️ The Academic View

(This topic is rarely taught in CS degrees).

🏗️ The Engineering Reality

An algorithm is useless if it cannot be installed, tested, and maintained.

Key Topics: * Unit Testing: Writing pytest cases for edge scenarios (Empty lists, massive inputs). * CI/CD: Automating the benchmarks. * Documentation: Why we write docstrings.