--- title: "A Radical Approach to Long Term Software" url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-radical-approach-to-long-term-software-zatay2zai source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZPxU_pUy3M type: video:youtube source: "Continuous Delivery" published: 2026-05-20T18:10:49.676Z updated: 2026-05-20T18:11:08.790Z tags: ["cicd"] reading_time: 7 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A Radical Approach to Long Term Software **[Continuous Delivery](https://daily.dev/sources/continuousdelivery)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Explores a 'multi-service teams' model as an alternative to traditional software maintenance mode solutions. When services become low-demand, they are handed off to a dedicated team within the same product vertical, rather than an operations team or a delivery team juggling both new and maintenance work. This approach can increase capacity, reduce costs, protect service reliability, preserve future feature delivery, and maintain job satisfaction. Three guardrails are recommended: a clear definition of low-demand services, giving multi-service teams a strong identity tied to their product vertical, and documenting service transfer criteria between teams. Junior developers are suggested as ideal candidates for these teams to gain real-world operational experience. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Stop Picking Sides](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-picking-sides-eq4thb3hp) · Martin Fowler · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Avoid Shipping Your Org Chart](https://daily.dev/posts/avoid-shipping-your-org-chart-bw9rr0g5o) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Outsource Software Product Development: Models & Benefits](https://daily.dev/posts/outsource-software-product-development-models-benefits-7z4csjfqs) · Ruby Flow · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-radical-approach-to-long-term-software-zatay2zai)