Have you ever had to release a new product when you knew it wasn't fully ready? Not the "not perfect" but "you must be out of your mind" ready. It's not the best feeling in the world. You do everything in your power and try to stay optimistic while planning for the dreadful release. But most importantly, you plan everything to the smallest detail: release steps, monitoring, rollback steps, etc. You even build a situational music playlist that you will listen to during the release. Or at least that's what one of the teams I know did. True story!
Theme song no. 1
Agnes - Release Me
Theme song no. 2
BTS - Blood Sweat & Tears
For the warmup
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
If problems arise
Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
If everything goes well
Paul Engemann - Push It To The Limit
If the team has to do a rollback
Robert Tepper - No Easy Way Out
If the team has to do an all-nighter firefighting
Hinoi Team - Night Of Fire
Once the release is done
Once the release is done, the team is going to do Caramelldansen
What songs do you or your team listen to during big releases?
Credit for the playlist: Rasmus Østerlund Feldthaus Hansen
