Ship It! Cloud, SRE, Platform Engineering Deploying projects vs products
Apr 7, 2024
Verónica López, Kubernetes SIG Release tech lead, discusses deploying services at scale with Justin & Autumn. Topics include different deployment strategies like blue-green, canary, feature flagging, A/B testing, and database migrations. They also touch on challenges in Kubernetes deployment, root cause analysis with Sentry, and the advantages of NoSQL databases in project deployment.
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Custom Linux Support
- Veronica Lopez discussed her experience with a past company supporting a niche Linux distribution for two large clients.
- This required a dedicated team of three to handle packaging, testing, and Linux internals.
Open Source vs. Paid Releases
- Open-source software releases depend on community effort and available resources, leading to occasional delays.
- Paid projects have dedicated teams and stricter deadlines but also allow contributions for improvement.
Negativity in Open Source
- Autumn Nash highlighted the negativity some open-source contributors face despite working for free.
- She emphasized the disconnect between demanding comments and the reality of software development.