Avoiding release paralysis
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Argues that real fixes are concrete: use Docker Compose to run production-like stacks locally, freeze deps with mpm shrink wrap, push through GitLab with its GitLab built-in build server and provision with Terraform, route canaries with linkerd/finagle and prefer roll‑forward over rollbacks. Cites Amazon doing ~11.6 seconds between releases as an existence proof, recommends QA be small (≈15–20% of team) because QA teams are an organizational antipattern and automation plus short commits let teams ship continuously.
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