Technical Practices

CI/CD — Continuous Integration and Delivery

• Automatically trigger builds and tests after code commits
• Keep the main branch always deployable
• Automate the deployment pipeline to reduce manual operations
• The more frequently you deploy, the smaller the risk per deployment

Automated Testing

• Build a culture of automated testing, not just reliance on manual testing
• Testing is part of development, not extra work done after development is complete
• Write tests for new features, add tests when fixing bugs
• Test coverage is a reference metric, not a goal — having tests for critical logic matters more than chasing numbers

Technical Debt Management

• Technical debt is normal, but it needs to be managed consciously
• Regularly assess the impact and priority of technical debt
• Allocate a percentage of each Sprint to address technical debt
• Document technical debt: What it is, why it was created, what's the impact, what's the fix
• Don't let it accumulate until it becomes unmanageable

Engineering Efficiency

• Focus on Developer Experience (DX) — good tools and processes make people more efficient
• Automate repetitive work: formatting, linting, deployment, monitoring
• Development environments should be easy to set up — new members should be able to get started quickly
• Regularly optimize build times, test times, and other development feedback loops