Release Engineering Best Practices at Google
Explore Google's release engineering best practices in this 45-minute USENIX LISA15 conference talk. Discover the philosophy, disciplines, and technologies behind Google's approach to release engineering, including the use of Bazel for release processes, branching strategies with Google technology, and their automated release system. Learn about the role of release engineers as specialists in a company that values generalists, and gain insights into improving release processes. Delve into topics such as self-service models, high-velocity development, hermetic builds, policy enforcement, building and branching techniques, testing methodologies, package management, continuous build and release systems, rollout processes, and configuration management strategies.