Automating Dependency Triage Across a Service Fleet
One Monday morning, I stared at a GitHub dashboard overflowing with 70+ open pull requests. Each one, a dependency update generated by our diligent bot, sat there, waiting. Manually triaging these across a fleet of microservices was not just tedious; it was a significant drain on our team's focus and an ever-present source of operational anxiety. We were constantly asking ourselves: Which ones are critical? Which can wait? Do these even apply to our core platform components or just auxiliary tools?