Demystifying Modern Software Delivery: Trunk-Based Development, CI/CD, and Releases πŸš€πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸš€

Software delivery has changed a lot over the years! What’s the difference between continuous delivery and continuous deployment? πŸ€” And is a feature live just because it’s deployed? 🀨 Let’s look into this together with some modern DevOps πŸš€ 🌳 Trunk-Based Development Trunk-based development (TBD) is a software development strategy where everyone works from a single branch (trunk) β€” usually main. It’s fast, lean, and fits in modern delivery practices. πŸ”§ How it works: Developers commit to main (or short-lived branches that are merged quickly to the main branch) The main branch is always deployable Features are hidden behind flags until they’re ready to go live πŸš€ πŸ’‘ Why it matters: Trunk-based development encourages: ...

April 6, 2025 Β· 3 min Β· 447 words Β· Me