On Reddit a few days ago I read through this discussion thread regarding the article by Matt Rickard titled “Developers Should Deploy Their Own Code”. I was just the guinea pig for starting this process at the company I work for, so while the pain experience is fresh in my mind, I figured I’d jot down some thoughts. --- The Argument(s) The discussion of the article really made two points – it’s not as simple as “developers should deploy their own code”. There were two common thr...