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Russell Smith
April 08, 2014
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3 Infrastructure + workflow lessons from an early stage startup
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Transcript
rainforest @rainforestqa Rainforest QA Lunch talk:! 3 Infrastructure + workflow
lessons learned at an early-stage startup
@rainforestqa rainforest Rainforest Human powered QA SaaS Designed for ‘Continuous
QA’ Built for PMs and Developers
@rainforestqa rainforest Us Team of 3 in SoMa All developers
YC S12
@rainforestqa rainforest 3 Infrastructure + workflow lessons learned
@rainforestqa rainforest #1: Mongo isn’t right for! early-stage SaaS
@rainforestqa rainforest (Aside: we Mongo)
@rainforestqa rainforest Why?
@rainforestqa rainforest Transactions
@rainforestqa rainforest Transactions -> Less junk
@rainforestqa rainforest Migrations
@rainforestqa rainforest Adhoc queries
@rainforestqa rainforest <3 window functions
@rainforestqa rainforest
@rainforestqa rainforest Joins
@rainforestqa rainforest #2: QueueClassic > Resque! for simplicity
@rainforestqa rainforest Why?
@rainforestqa rainforest Less moving parts
@rainforestqa rainforest Transactions
@rainforestqa rainforest #3: Use your own product! (aka dogfooding)
@rainforestqa rainforest Find your users’ pain! before they do
None
@rainforestqa rainforest Goal:! Rainforest + Continuous Delivery
@rainforestqa rainforest push
@rainforestqa rainforest push -> circle
@rainforestqa rainforest push -> circle -> rainforest
@rainforestqa rainforest push -> circle -> rainforest -> prod
@rainforestqa rainforest Rainforest tests fail = no deploy
@rainforestqa rainforest Step 1: Built CLI client
None
@rainforestqa rainforest Step 2: Put in build process
@rainforestqa rainforest #1 - add gem! #2 - add to
circle.yml
@rainforestqa rainforest Our Extreme Dogfooding rules
@rainforestqa rainforest #1 Make it disruptive
@rainforestqa rainforest #2 Fix it quickly
@rainforestqa rainforest #3 Don’t cheat
@rainforestqa rainforest Current state:
@rainforestqa rainforest full continuous delivery
@rainforestqa rainforest < 20 mins to test
@rainforestqa rainforest in 5 browsers
@rainforestqa rainforest > 60 people
@rainforestqa rainforest ~9.5 hours of testing in ~20 min
@rainforestqa rainforest we run 5-10 x per day
@rainforestqa rainforest Conclusion Simpler = better Transactions = better Use
your own product = better product
rainforest @rainforestqa Questions? @rainforestqa @rhs