And it’s like… what’s the deal with build servers?

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The simplest way I can think of to explain a build server is to imagine hiring a brand new developer for each code check in, giving them explicit instructions to accomplish the build, and letting them go at it. Maybe that requires a bit of explanation — the idea of a build server is to provide a reproducible set of instructions/steps to accomplish building your application from start to finish without…

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Russell Hammett Jr. (Kritner)

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Just a boring Application Developer/Dad. I enjoy gaming, learning new technologies, reading, and potentially other stuff. That’s about it.

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