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 incase something goes wrong.

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