How GitHub Uses GitHub to Build GitHub

Build features fast. Ship them. That's what we try to do at GitHub. Our process is the anti-process: what's the minimum overhead we can put up with to keep our code quality high, all while building features *as quickly as possible*? It's not just features, either: faster development means happier developers.

Slides

Video

I also gave this talk in Nice, France. You might want to check that video if you're that type of creepy person.

References

• Merlin Mann's "Mud Rooms, Red Letters, and Real Priorities"
• sinatra_auth_github
• Why GitHub Hacks on Side Projects
• How GitHub Works
• Scott Chacon's "GitHub Flow"