It also fits with Agile: Reduce your work unit to the smallest, so you deliver a continuous stream of improvements and reduce code inventory. Code inventory (th

It also fits with Agile: Reduce your work unit to the smallest, so you deliver a continuous stream of improvements and reduce code inventory. Code inventory (the amount of code that is created but not on prod) adds complexity (eg it adds fear of deployment) and delays the time-before-feedback. To me it's more of a good management practice than a good coding practice.