What is online is bound to perish sooner or later. Is there a way to publish content that outlives an average internet company? — Yahoo Answers, for a long time the largest Q&A website, will shut down on May 4, 2021. When we publish something on the internet, it feels like it will be around forever. But the internet is a network of computer networks — a communication medium. Millions of people have…

I had an honor to speak on Changelog’s Go Time podcast along with Jérôme Petazzoni on Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD). We discussed: What problems does CI/CD solve? What does it look like when it’s done well? What are the pitfalls in doing CI/CD and how to avoid them? I hope you enjoy the show! Originally published at https://semaphoreci.com on February 10, 2021.

There is a more pervasive enemy than the coronavirus — There are three types of people right now: People who live in fear People who fear for others People who are not afraid Whatever group you belong to, the pandemic has given you good reasons to be more stressed out than usual. So let’s revisit stress 101. Stress is a…

Automation is still key, with a few twists. — Adoption of serverless technology is surely growing, with emerging product companies who built on top of it. CloudZero recently wrote a detailed article about their experience in achieving continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) for their all-serverless system. Serverless is a new paradigm in which we need to neither administer nor…

Learn best practices for building sustainable web apps with behavior-driven development. — “Why do we fall sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.” —Alfred (Michael Cane) in Batman Begins I built my first Rails app ten years ago. I’ve tried all approaches, and if there’s one thing that I’m certain of, it’s that I can’t work without writing tests…

Shipping early and improving later is a huge competitive advantage, but our instincts often get in the way of that. — One of the most important things we teach the junior programmers who join the Semaphore team is the mindset of shipping in small iterations. This is a simple concept, however there’s an inevitable misunderstanding that stems from the subjective ideas of “small”. …

Here’s a quick tip if you’re looking for a way to reduce unnecessary real-time chat at work: Set up a shared todo list called Q&A. When you want to ask a coworker or another team’s lead a question, create a todo with the question as text. …

How building software in a fast feedback loop helps push the whole team forward. — At the heart of continuous delivery is a fast feedback loop that immediately shows developers the effects of their work. Mistakes are found and fixed quickly, while beneficial changes can be released and deployed to customers without having to wait for a distant future release date. …

It’s almost become trendy nowadays to say, “I enjoy learning new things”. A quick search in my company’s recruiting software returns hundreds of candidates whose resume or cover letter includes that phrase. However, we often overlook the significance of learning and its fundamental features. It’s great to have a routine…