Continuous delivery Memes

The bell curve of software development wisdom strikes again! In the middle, we've got the stressed-out middle manager screaming about "customer validation" and "alignment meetings" while crying tears of PowerPoint-induced despair. Meanwhile, at both ends of the IQ spectrum, the enlightened few have transcended to the zen philosophy of "ship it and see." Nothing beats the beautiful simplicity of pushing code to production and letting real users be your QA team. Sure, sometimes the server catches fire, but at least you're not stuck in your 7th alignment meeting of the week discussing theoretical edge cases that'll never happen. After 15 years in this industry, I've learned that most planning is just postponing the inevitable moment when reality crushes your beautiful architecture anyway.