Since most of Google's applications are web-based, releases can happen just about any time and can happen frequently as well. This is not the same thing as shi

Since most of Google's applications are web-based, releases can happen just about any time and can happen frequently as well. This is not the same thing as shipping code fast -- the delta between any two consecutive releases might be quite small, much smaller than what a startup might do in the same period of time. Speaking as a newly-minted ex-Googler myself, I can say that for some projects, development is not what anyone would consider "fast".