The development pipeline is a production system
The development pipeline is a production system by Jerry Orr Jul 31, 2026 programming technology 2 minute read Software developers learn early in their careers that nothing is more urgent than fixing a production outage. However, the same level of urgency is not often given to problems with our development tools, build systems, QA environments, and other parts of the software development pipeline. But for the development team, the development pipeline is a production system.
- ▪The development pipeline is a production system by Jerry Orr Jul 31, 2026 programming technology 2 minute read Software developers learn early in their careers that nothing is more urgent than fixing a production outage.
- ▪However, the same level of urgency is not often given to problems with our development tools, build systems, QA environments, and other parts of the software development pipeline.
- ▪But for the development team, the development pipeline is a production system.
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The development pipeline is a production system by Jerry Orr Jul 31, 2026 programming technology 2 minute read Software developers learn early in their careers that nothing is more urgent than fixing a production outage. Drop everything! All hands on deck! However, the same level of urgency is not often given to problems with our development tools, build systems, QA environments, and other parts of the software development pipeline. But for the development team, the development pipeline is a production system. A software developer’s job is to deliver value for the company. Sometimes that means building new features, sometimes that means fixing critical bugs for the customers’ production systems. But none of this can happen when something is broken in the software development pipeline.
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