How we build software at Cloudflare

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This post details Cloudflare's philosophy and practical approach to software delivery and engineering management. It explains the company's move away from a single, enforced methodology towards empowering individual teams to choose between Agile (Scrum, Kanban) and Waterfall approaches based on their specific context. It introduces the concepts of "SHIPs" and "EPICs" as high-level organizational units for tracking work and emphasizes a quarterly planning cycle with continuous delivery. The post also highlights the importance of transparency, collaboration, and a balance between team autonomy and essential rules for code safety and deployment.