Exclusive: a behind-the-scenes look at Facebook release engineering
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Ryan Paul 7
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Quick Take
This is a fascinating deep-dive into Facebook's 2012 deployment pipeline that showcases several engineering principles Brian could riff on today. The "daily deploys with zero downtime" and "reverting is for losers" philosophies are highly relevant to modern DevOps discussions, and the creative solutions (BitTorrent for deployments, karma systems) offer great material for posts about engineering culture and automation.
Relevant Domains
Engineering craft/architecture/productivity - Core focus on deployment pipelines, testing, DevOps culture AI/agents/future of software work - Automation patterns, developer accountability systems Side projects/automation/earning from skills - Scalable deployment strategies applicable to solo projects
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"Why I Deploy My Side Projects Every Day (And You Should Too)"
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"The Karma System Every Engineering Team Needs"
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"BitTorrent Taught Me How to Think About Distribution"
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"Reverting is for Losers: The Forward-Only Philosophy"
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Key Quotes
Reverting is for losers!
Developers are fully responsible for how their code behaves in production
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#deployment-pipeline
#devops-culture
#engineering-philosophy
#automation
#developer-productivity
#infrastructure
#accountability-systems