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		xxpor on Aug 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Deploying at GitHub Amazon generally doesn't have release teams (except for the retail website). I can't find it right now, but I know someone gave a talk on Apollo, which is how Amazon does deployments.

shabble on Aug 30, 2012 | [–]

I think I know the thing you mean, but I can't find it either.

I did find 'flippers' from Flickr[1] which sounds like a very similar "keep it all in master and turn stuff on and off" methodology.

[1] http://code.flickr.com/blog/2009/12/02/flipping-out/

xxpor on Aug 30, 2012 | | [–]

Here we go:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2971521

bdonlan on Aug 30, 2012 | [–]

I think you might be looking for this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxk8b9rSKOo

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