Software Development Principles for Rapid, Reliable Delivery
Software Development Principles for Rapid, Reliable Delivery Speed matters, but reliability matters more. With clear principles, teams ship faster and learn from each release. These practical rules fit real projects and teams of any size. Keep changes small. Break work into tiny, testable steps and merge often. Trunk-based development helps reduce conflicts and keeps feedback quick. Automate everything. Build, test, and deploy with minimal manual work. Use continuous integration to validate every commit and continuous deployment to stage, with canary or blue–green releases. Treat infrastructure as code so environments are easy to reproduce. ...