# Dave Farley British software engineer, author, speaker, and consultant with ~35 years of experience. Co-author of "Continuous Delivery" (2010, with Jez Humble), the foundational text that popularized [[Continuous Delivery (CD)]] as a discipline. Founder of Continuous Delivery Ltd. Previously Technical Principal at ThoughtWorks and Head of Software Development at LMAX Exchange (one of the highest-performance financial exchanges). Co-author of the Reactive Manifesto. Runs the "Continuous Delivery" YouTube channel with weekly videos on CD, [[Test-Driven Development (TDD)]], software architecture, and engineering practices. ## Key Contributions - Co-created [[Continuous Delivery (CD)]] as a discipline (book won the Jolt Award) - Co-authored the Reactive Manifesto (2014) - Advocates a scientific, hypothesis-driven approach to software engineering - Argues there is no trade-off between speed and quality; faster feedback loops improve both - Champions small autonomous teams (5-9 people), trunk-based development, and [[Continuous Integration (CI)]] - Created MSEC (Modern Software Engineer's Companion), a curated learning resource ## Published Books - "Continuous Delivery" (2010, Addison-Wesley, with Jez Humble) -- Jolt Award winner - "Modern Software Engineering" (2021, Addison-Wesley) - "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" (2023, LeanPub) - "The Software Developers' Guidebook" (2025, LeanPub) ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Dave Farley]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/book AND [[Dave Farley]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Related - [[Continuous Delivery (CD)]] - [[Continuous Integration (CI)]] - [[Test-Driven Development (TDD)]] - [[DevOps]] ## References - Website: https://www.davefarley.net - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ContinuousDelivery - X: https://x.com/davefarley77