Explore strategies to enhance application reliability through CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code in this 25-minute conference talk from DevOps.js Conference 2021. Learn how to implement Smoke Test patterns in CI/CD pipelines using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to prevent deployment failures. Discover techniques for leveraging automation to test applications in target environments before deployment, gaining valuable insights. Follow a demonstration on using IaC to provision infrastructure, deploy applications, conduct tests, and clean up resources within a single CI/CD pipeline run. Gain knowledge on improving code quality, managing releases, and controlling changes to boost overall application confidence.