# MinimumCD

- Show: [The Pragmatic Embedded Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast)
- Published: 2025-04-23
- Length: 47m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2025-04-23-minimumcd
- Listen: https://agileembeddedpodcast.com/episodes/minimumcd-fZbBpokX

## Summary

Hosts Jeff Gable and Luca Engineer discuss Minimum CD, a set of essential practices for continuous delivery that serves as a counter-movement to heavyweight frameworks like SAFe. They detail core principles including trunk-based development, pipeline-driven deployments, and automated testing, emphasizing that these practices build trust in the development process. The conversation highlights specific challenges in embedded systems, such as maintaining production-like test environments and implementing rollback capabilities for connected IoT devices. The hosts argue that while these practices are difficult to implement, they are increasingly valuable as devices become more sophisticated and connected.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2025-04-23-minimumcd#t=0) Introduction to Minimum CD and Counter-Movement to SAFe
- [3:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2025-04-23-minimumcd#t=215) Continuous Integration and Trunk-Based Development
- [10:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2025-04-23-minimumcd#t=617) The Application Pipeline as the Only Way to Deploy
- [15:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2025-04-23-minimumcd#t=921) Pipeline Releasability and Automated Testing
- [23:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2025-04-23-minimumcd#t=1398) Immutable Artifacts and Anti-Patterns
- [27:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2025-04-23-minimumcd#t=1633) Production-Like Test Environments in Medical Devices
- [29:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2025-04-23-minimumcd#t=1776) Rollback Capabilities for Connected Devices
- [32:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2025-04-23-minimumcd#t=1978) Configuration Deployment and Secrets Management
- [35:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2025-04-23-minimumcd#t=2130) Trunk-Based Development Mechanics and Automated Testing
- [41:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-pragmatic-embedded-podcast/2025-04-23-minimumcd#t=2472) Backwards Compatibility and Trusting the Process

## Topics

- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Quality & yield](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/quality-and-yield)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Minimum CD (other)
- SAFe (other)
- Brian Finster (other)
- Embedded Artistry (company)
- Philip Johnston (other)
- Mend Fault (company)
- Francois (other)
- Raymond Chen (other)
- Linux (other)
- Windows (other)
- Apple (company)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [440: Condemned to Being Perfect](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-01-13-440-condemned-to-being-perfect) (Embedded.fm)
- [Revolutionizing IoT Device Management: Updating the World with Peridio](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2024-08-01-revolutionizing-iot-device-management-updating-the-world-with-peridio) (Over the Air)
- [16: Democracy Is the Worst Form of Government](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2013-08-28-16-democracy-is-the-worst-form-of-government) (Embedded.fm)
- [Firmware Deployment and Troubleshooting with Akbar Dhanaliwala](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2021-04-06-firmware-deployment-and-troubleshooting-with-akbar-dhanaliwala) (The Amp Hour)
- [Firmware for Hardware Engineers with Phillip Johnston](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2021-09-07-firmware-for-hardware-engineers-with-phillip-johnston) (The Amp Hour)

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