How coding in the open can help you release faster
A few weeks ago I talked about how coding in the open can help you release faster at PipelineConf. This was my last talk as Open Source Lead at the Government Digital Service. Here is the video, slides, links, and a bonus sketchnote!
Video (30 minutes)
Slides
Sketchnote
For a great summary, here is an excellent sketchnote of it by Sarah Jones.
I love to see sketchnotes of my talks, especially when they are as clear and nicely designed as this one. Thank you, Sarah!
Links
Finally, I mention a lot of resources in my talk. Most of them can be found in this list of useful open code resources. Those specific to this talk are below.
SPA Software in Practice conference – you should totally come!
Examples of how coding in the open helps government
When build a thing really works – blog post about using smart answers code.
How making our deployment code open improved our workflow
Point 8 of the Government Service Standard: Make all new source code open
Addressing challenges of coding in the open
Blog post: Easing the process of pull request reviews
John Allspaw’s blog post about the importance of being able to recover quickly: MTTR is more important than MTBF (for most types of F)
Companies that open code, even when it’s their secret sauce
Open code is the foundation for a culture of openness
Trello for the publishing platform team
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