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Software should be designed, written, and deployed in small batches.<\/p>\n\n
This is the first line from a blog post by Eric Ries and is something that gets discussed with a guest in an upcoming episode of the Beyond Blocks podcast.<\/p>\n\n
In the post, Eric continues by saying, \"Of all of the insights I've contributed to the companies I've worked at over the years, the one I am most proud of is the importance of working in small batches\".<\/p>\n\n
Small batches mean faster feedback, more localised problems as there are fewer changes, and reduced risk and overhead.<\/p>\n\n
If you work in small batches and make smaller changes, merge them regularly into the mainline branch (ideally, at least once a day), and often deploy changes to production, the releases will be quicker and less stressful, and clients and customers will be happy as their changes will be available sooner.<\/p>\n\n
I've worked this way, and with long-lived feature branches and large, infrequent deployments, I prefer to work in small batches and deploy often.<\/p>\n\n