Long-Lived Feature Branches
Branches that live for weeks or months, turning merging into a project in itself. The longer the branch, the bigger the risk.
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Tag: Integration-Frequency
Integration Deferred
The build has been red for weeks and nobody cares. “CI” means a build server exists, not that anyone actually integrates continuously.
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Knowledge Silos
Only specific individuals can work on or review certain parts of the codebase. The team’s capacity is constrained by who knows what.
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Merge Freezes Before Deployments
Developers announce merge freezes because the integration process is fragile. Deploying requires coordination in chat.
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Feedback Takes Hours Instead of Minutes
The time from making a change to knowing whether it works is measured in hours, not minutes. Developers batch changes to avoid waiting.
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Merging Is Painful and Time-Consuming
Integration is a dreaded, multi-day event. Teams delay merging because it is painful, which makes the next merge even worse.
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Pull Requests Sit for Days Waiting for Review
Pull requests queue up and wait. Authors have moved on by the time feedback arrives.
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