Version Control is pervasive these days, and is fundamental to professional software development, but where does it go next? Git, often via platforms like GitHub, GitLab or BitBucket, is by far the most popular VCS, but its value is being watered down, and the next steps in software development, look to be ignoring this vital tool of software engineering. Without the ability to step back safely from mistakes, and reestablish "knowngood" starting points from Version Control, we will loose the ability to make incremental progress, and with that loss, we also loose the ability to create truly complex systems.

In this episode Dave Farley, author of best sellers "Continuous Delivery" and "Modern Software Engineering" describes that essential role of version control, that we often ignore, and explores 3 ways in which we often compromise the value and utility of version control in our software projects.



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"Impact of Austerity on Death Rate" British Medical Journal ➡ https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/11/...



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