We can't afford automation right now
Avoid a big up-front investment in automation by building it piece by piece, as needed.
How quickly could you respond to a Log4j-style vulnerability?
What's preventing you from releasing on demand, in 20 minutes or less?
Tiny DevOps episode #21 Bryan Finster — Minimum Viable Continuous Delivery
Bryan Finster is a co-creator of Minimum Viable Continuous Delivery, and in this episode we talk about how this concept was born, what problems it aims to address, and how you can use it on your team to improve your continuous delivery.
Adventures In DevOps 093: Deconstructing the Minimum Viable Continuous Deployment
The panel jumps in and discusses the Minimum Viable Continuous Deployment from the manifesto on the web and discuss where they agree and disagree with the requirements listed there and clarify some of the ideas in the document.
A brief history of CI/CD
CD takes the concept of a CI pipeline to its logical conclusion. But that doesn't mean you have to implement a complete CI pipeline first.
Do less rework
By working in smaller iterations, we don't just re-organize our work, we actually reduce the amount of work we do.
Different models of CI/CD
There's almost always more than one way to do something. What workflow does your team use for CI/CD?
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Is Continuous Deployment incompatible with manual QA?
CD leaves room for manual approvals, but once approved, all changes should be applied automatically.
Adventures In DevOps 084: Continuous Deployment Without Automated Tests
Jonathan Hall joins the Adventure this week to discuss the advice he gives to clients to start continuous deployment before they have automated tests around their code.
A monolithic success story
We automatically created a test environment for every pull request, and it had a revolutionary impact on the development process.
1 deploy per month to 160 per week in 9 months
As usual, the biggest obstacle to Continuous Deployment was the fear of losing control.