Continuous Delivery on Body of Knowledge | João Malcata

TBD++ a Code Branching Strategy for the Modern Enterprise

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 23:00:00 +0000

Every engineering organization faces the same fundamental question: how do we balance speed with safety in our development workflow? GitFlow promised us structure and predictability. Trunk-Based Development promised us velocity and simplicity. Yet most engineering teams I met find themselves caught in an uncomfortable middle ground...

I published

Sun, 17 May 2020 01:06:51 +0000

I published medium.com/@malcata/from-… #Entrepreneurship #startups #LessonsLearned #ContinuousDelivery

Original Tweet

from zero to Continuous Delivery in 6 months, the startup way

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 23:00:00 +0000

The journey of a startup studio developing its first product while bringing to life an MVP delivery system expected to be lean and fast. A set of lessons learned and anti-patterns collected from the trenches of building a product from scratch. Finally, the realization that in scenarios of extreme uncertainty, money and time shortage, no legacy, and few early adopters, can lead to counter-intuitive actions that will help you fly. This will either broaden your perspectives or drive you insane.

A brief history of the software development process according to my experience

Tue, 21 Feb 2017 23:00:00 +0000

Over almost 20 years, I have been involved in a multitude of software development endeavors. Out of sheer luck or just time passing, together they seem to show an “evolution“ worth sharing. Even if not systematic and according to a scientific process, experience does provide insight and I hope lessons to be learned.