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Eval-Driven Development: Four Gates That Belong in CI
Four eval gates wired into CI, each able to fail the build when quality, cost or latency slips.
The problem isn't that your team lacks evals—it's that your evals can't fail the build. An eval suite that ships a dashboard is a morale tool; an eval suite that blocks a pull request is a production control.
Published January 10, 2026. Reading time: 11 min read. Author: Morgan Wilson.