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Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by madetech on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @03:33PM (#11482822)
Shameless Plug: I've recently been involved in writing a book on Continuous Deployment, which covers many of the points Instagram are writing about here (but in greater detail).

I've got ~1,000 printed copies to give away. So if anyone wants one, go here: http://madete.ch/1S3OGvl and follow the link on the left hand side and we'll mail a copy to you.

Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by crindy on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @04:18PM (#11483205)
Filled out the form. Sending out free physical books seems like a lot though - what's the motivation behind that?
Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by madetech on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @05:04PM (#11483567)
It was originally a content marketing experiment. We thought we'd rather have 100 people receive a free printed copy of the book and love us for this, than a 1000 people receive ebooks and end up in their trash.

The ROI from the 100 trial worked well, so we decided to try and scale it out to more people. TBD whether we'll see a good ROI from 1000 people, but we hope people enjoy it and like us for sending them a free book!

Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by poli on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @05:09PM (#11483602)
I ordered a copy from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Will you ship it? :)
Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by _opiu on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @05:33PM (#11492423)
I was going to order from Nicaragua, but decided to use a U.S. address after all
Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by perlgeek on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @04:03PM (#11483088)
Hey, I'm currently also writing a book on automating deployments (https://deploybook.com), and if you're interested, I'd like to chat about your experience with writing and publishing this book.

Please drop me a line [email protected]. Also, looking forward to read your book :-)

Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by madetech on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @04:27PM (#11483273)
Great, will do + you can get me on rory_at_madetech_com
Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by kaizendad on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @06:38PM (#11484190)
Filled out the form. Definitely excited to get into a CD environment, rather than the 1-2 deploys/day that I've been exposed to in the past!
Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by FordPrefectAO on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @06:54PM (#11484297)
CD doesn't have to mean 'push every green build to prod'. It's more about the ability to push new functionality when asked by the business, than the fact of always pushing it by default. You may be doing CD well already, knowing just what you have said.
Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by kaizendad on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @09:49PM (#11485123)
My preconception is that what you said is exactly right, but the idea that one maybe should push every green build to prod -- and the fact that a lot of big-scale companies are doing that -- is really intriguing.
Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by FordPrefectAO on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @07:02PM (#11484340)
Oops, I meant CD as in continuous delivery, but that is not what the article is discussing. Sorry! :)
Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by dEnigma on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @07:28PM (#11484497)
Great service! Just for your information, the "Thanks for signing up!"-message[1] showed up twice when I ordered the book.

[1]"Thanks for signing up! Your book is on its way, you should receive it within a few working days."

Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by adamst85 on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @11:29PM (#11485505)
Very interesting! I have signed up for a copy. Thank you
Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by lpbonenfant on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @04:23PM (#11483252)
Do you ship outside the United States?
Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by madetech on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @04:33PM (#11483329)
We're based in the UK and have shipped plenty overseas so far. I'm sure we'll be able to get something to you, if you're not in too remote a location.
Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by salex89 on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @03:32AM (#11486412)
Strange, I'm not from the US, (I'm from Serbia) and it says I can't even buy the book on Amazon (I was hoping for the kindle edition). I did apply for the hard copy though.
Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by MrGando on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @02:59AM (#11486287)
Can't seem to find the link on mobile safari, care to share in a reply? (I'm in SF)
Re:Continuous Deployment at Instagram by naggreg on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @04:54PM (#11483501)
Do you ship epub?