Continuous Deployment

Hi! This is my first post in this blog. Although it’s meant to be a tech blog, this post is the first part of a series where I mix software engineering, its practices and methodologies with a business background and why do software companies need to move towards continuous deployment. Stay tunned! Background and Motivation The world has changed a lot in the last 100 years. But if we stop to think about it, did it change more from 1900 until 1970 or from 1970 until now? Perhaps we could define the world evolution as an exponential function. Everyday we use the technology we know and innovate, creating new technology based upon the old one. This evolution pace is becoming faster and faster. It’s like the Moore’s Law applied in real life. Crazy. Given this, every (decent) businessman knows that his company needs to adapt fast to market changes. If you cannot deliver, your competitor in Australia, China, India, etc will do. If you cannot change fast enough, your competitors will eat you. ...