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Why Continuous Deployment?

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, June 15, 2009 Why Continuous Deployment? Of all the tactics I have advocated as part of the lean startup , none has provoked as many extreme reactions as continuous deployment , a process that allows companies to release software in minutes instead of days, weeks, or months.

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On deployment

Startup Lessons Learned

And the same is true in reverse - a lone brilliant coder can build a great widget, but it takes a system of people working well together to produce consistently great results. After an hour with a team talking dirty about deployment, youll know. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. Expo SF (May.

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Lessons Learned: Throwing away working code

Startup Lessons Learned

This builds on a lot of great thinking that has come before, like the agile movements insistence that only the creation of working code counts as progress for a software development team. Luckily for me, my co-founders eventually prevailed and we went on to build a product that customers actually wanted. Thanks for sharing.

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Lean Startup webcast post-game

Startup Lessons Learned

LIKED: Y startups fail, cont deployment vs waterfall vs agile, small batches & learn fr biz metrics #leanstartup As concise a summary as Ive ever seen. I work for a startup and I always try to do all the things you suggest - automatic deployment, continuous integration, A/B tests. - farazq : Awesome session @ericries.

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Lessons Learned: The App Store after the gold rush

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► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. The App Store is a channel for customer acquisition. Expo SF (May.

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The cardinal sin of community management

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As a founder of a company, there is nothing more painful than to see your most loyal and devoted customers suffering. That is what company founders and staff do not get. Case Study: Continuous deployment makes releases n. " I couldn't agree more. That is why we put our cash into the business, our business.

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