Hitting Merge: Mentally Preparing for Your First Push to Production
The article discusses the mental and practical preparations needed for a first deployment to production. It emphasizes the importance of thorough preparation, having experienced guidance, and starting with less critical systems. The author shares insights from their own experience transitioning from development to production, particularly in the context of machine learning.
- ▪Preparing for a first deployment requires ensuring all configurations and dependencies are portable and decoupled from local machines.
- ▪Having a senior engineer or manager present during the first rollout can help manage potential issues that arise.
- ▪The transition from development to production introduces new challenges, particularly in machine learning, such as latency and model performance.
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