> The time it takes to deploy code is vital to the success of an organization I've found this to be one of the most important metrics (if not the most importan

> The time it takes to deploy code is vital to the success of an organization I've found this to be one of the most important metrics (if not the most important) for maintaining developer velocity as a startup scales. Context switching is one of the most expensive operations in a developer's day-to-day work, and also one of the most ignored. Managers love to build team schedules around their personal schedules, but this is often disruptive to ICs' "maker schedules." Many orgs identify this and focus on the scheduling cost w.r.t. context switching, but the build-to-deploy time is equally (if not more) important for developer ICs.