Category: Automattic lessons
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In praise of continuous deployment: The WordPress.com story
The other day we passed product release number 25,000 for WordPress.com. That means we’ve averaged about 16 product releases a day, every day for the last four and a half years! How is this possible and why do we release software in this way? Launching products is one of the hardest things companies do. Most…
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5 reasons why your company should be distributed
[Update: This post was written a while ago, but the content remains timely and accurate. There are further updates and links at the bottom.] I’ve noticed a new trend in Silicon Valley. More and more startups are beginning life as distributed companies, and investors and partners are starting to accept it as normal. Our company…
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Automattic anniversary
Last Saturday marked my fourth anniversary as CEO of Automattic. It’s been an amazing time so far. I think 4 years is the longest I’ve ever been with one company. It’s also the length of an undergraduate college education (!) which gave me the idea to make a list of things I’ve learned during the…