Jason Adam is a software with a non-traditional background in biology, business development, and data analytics. Now he's active as a developer, and on the lookout for proven practices he can introduce to his team. On this episode we talk about Trunk-Based Development, and the related topics of continuous integration and deployment, infrastruture as code, and much more.

In this episode

How Trunk-based development differs from GitFlow and other branching strategies
Two flavors of trunk-based development
How Trunk-based development fits into the larger picture of continuous integration and continuous delivery
Techniques for working in smaller batches
How test-driven development enhances trunk-based development
Using feature flags for smaller batches
How to keep pull requests small
Cherry-picking small changes out of a larger pull request
How Infrastructure-as-Code works with CI and CD

Resources

Book: Continuous Delivery by Jez Humble and Dave Farley
Book: Domain-Driven Design by Eric Evans
Book: Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers
Book: Clean Architecture by Robert Martin

Guest
Jason Adam
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Jason Adam — A conversation about trunk-based development