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Case Study: Rapid iteration with hardware

Startup Lessons Learned

In 2003 we started developing a martial arts motion sensing toy, a full three years before the Nintendo Wii changed the world of motion sensing. The first hire The first hire was critical. Hiring him was a no brainer, and he didn't disappoint. Continuous deployment of hardware is an exciting new capability.

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Lessons Learned: Sharding for startups

Startup Lessons Learned

Even though I had done it before, I had never heard the term sharding before joining Google (early 2003) so I always thought the term originated there. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Towards a new entrepreneurship ▼ 2009 (88) ► December (4) Continuous deployment for mission-critical applica.