# Software Release Culture at Shopify

DevFeed: [Software Release Culture at Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/software-release-culture-at-shopify-1624.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/software-release-culture-shopify>)

Author: Kate Neely

Published: 2020-04-15T14:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify describes how it shapes its software release culture around developer needs, using tooling and process to support productive, secure shipping to production. The article discusses measuring developer preferences and experiences through surveys and other active and passive methods.

## Source excerpt

We try to find the path to those goals that our developers want to take. We want to create experiences through tooling that can make our developers feel productive, and we want to do our best to make shipping feel like a celebration and not a chore.