How to ship product faster ? There are many things goes into building a tech product like requirements gathering / analysis to development and testing. There are few things which are in control of developer like architecture , design , code quality and there are something which are outside the control of him/her like requirements clarity , stakeholder mgmt etc. So as a developer , what I can do to make things faster ? Lets first look at, what is that is most important to drive fast ? Break ? Like break plays a very vital role in speeding up your car, you can't accelerate unless you are comfortable to control / break when you need. Similary in Tech world , Testing and Monitoring provides the right level of controls you need. Automation testing helps build confidence of build quality & Strong Application monitoring gives you an immediate feedback is something goes wrong , this in-turns enable you to control and correct the damage quickly inca...