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David Johnston
David Johnston

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What are your favourite emoji to use in build pipelines?

I absolutely love using emojis in things like build pipelines or documentation. I find a list like this:

  • Run Tests
  • Lint
  • Build artefact

Is a whole lot easy to read when it has emojis:

  • ๐Ÿงช Run tests
  • ๐Ÿ”Ž Lint
  • ๐Ÿ— Build artefact

The emojis give very quick identifiable reference points - in what otherwise might look like a wall of text.

So what are your favourite emojis to use for common terms?

Here's some of mine:

Emoji Meaning Notes
๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ Test It can be good to have different emojis for different test types
๐Ÿ‘ท ๐Ÿ— Build
โš™๏ธ ๐Ÿ”ง Configure
๐Ÿ“ฆ Artefact
๐Ÿ”Ž ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ Inspect/Lint
๐Ÿ‘ฎ๐Ÿผ Type Check Or any other strict/grumpy check
๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿฆฏ Lint 'Lets check for things that might trip us up'
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽค Formatting 'They're an artist'
๐Ÿ›ƒ Security check on dependencies
๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿผโ€๐ŸŒพ User
๐Ÿง™ Admin
๐Ÿง›โ€โ™‚๏ธ Manager

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