Small Releases, Fewer Surprises

Big releases feel productive right up until something breaks and nobody can tell which of the forty changes did it. Small releases trade that drama for boredom, which is exactly what you want on a Friday afternoon.

Our rule is simple: if a change can ship on its own, it ships on its own. One fix, one deploy, one line in the changelog. When something does go wrong, the suspect list is one item long and the rollback takes a minute instead of an afternoon.

You also hear back sooner. A feature nobody wanted is much cheaper to learn about after a week than after a quarter.

Start with your next bug fix. Ship it by itself, and notice how quiet the day stays.