Versioning and release management
When nobody can say exactly what is running in production, every incident starts with archaeology. We put versioning and release practices in place that make every change traceable from commit to customer — and easy to roll back.
The problems we solve
- Long-lived branches and painful merges before every release.
- No reliable way to tell which version runs in which environment.
- Changelogs are written by hand, if at all.
- Unfinished features block releases instead of being hidden behind flags.
What you get
Branching strategy
Trunk-based development with short-lived branches and protected main.
Semantic versioning
Conventional commits, automated version bumps and generated changelogs.
Artifact management
Registries with immutable tags, retention policies and provenance.
Feature flags
Decouple deploy from release so features ship when the business is ready.
Release visibility
Version and commit info exposed per environment and annotated on dashboards.
Tools we use
- Git
- Conventional Commits
- semantic-release
- Release Please
- Changesets
- ECR
- Artifact Registry
- ACR
- LaunchDarkly
- OpenFeature
A typical engagement
- 01
Map
Understand current branching, versioning and release steps.
- 02
Agree
Choose conventions with the team and document them.
- 03
Automate
Implement tooling in CI so the conventions are enforced, not remembered.
- 04
Coach
Pair with engineers through the first releases.
Available as on-demand hours, a monthly retainer or a fixed-scope project. Compare engagement models.
Frequently asked questions
We have mobile apps and backend services — can one process cover both?
The principles are the same, but cadence differs. We design release flows that fit app-store reviews and continuous backend delivery.
Do we need a paid feature flag service?
Not necessarily. Open standards like OpenFeature let you start simple and switch providers later.
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