3 Infrastructure + workflow lessons from an early stage startup

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

@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

@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

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