DevOps
Definition
A set of practices that combines software development and IT operations to shorten the development lifecycle, increase deployment frequency, and deliver software more reliably through automation and collaboration.
Why it matters
DevOps practices eliminate the bottleneck between writing code and shipping it. Teams that adopt DevOps deploy far more frequently with fewer failures, which translates directly into faster iteration and competitive advantage.
Example
A founder's engineering team implements DevOps practices: automated testing runs on every code commit, deployments to staging and production are fully automated, and monitoring alerts the team within minutes of any issue. What previously took a week to deploy now ships in hours.
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