Beating the end of year code freeze

As the year-end approaches, many development teams face a code freeze, a period during which no new code changes are allowed to ensure stability and minimize risks in production. This often leads to engineers feeling blocked, with tech debt accumulating and backlogs growing. Stacking, a technique popularized by companies like Meta and Google, offers a solution by allowing developers to break their work into smaller, dependent pull requests (PRs) instead of large, monolithic ones. This approach enables continued development and review even during a code freeze, as the smaller PRs are easier to manage, review, and merge once the freeze is lifted. Stacking not only maintains productivity during code freezes but also simplifies reviews, reduces risks, and accelerates delivery timelines with faster, more thorough reviews and easier debugging and rollbacks. Although especially beneficial during code freezes, adopting stacking as a regular practice encourages writing small, atomic PRs that keep teams unblocked throughout the year.

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