# Ship/Show/Ask - A Branching Strategy for Modern Dev Teams w/ Author & Eng Leader Rouan Wilsenach | Dev Interrupted Powered by LinearB

> Rouan Wilsenach, an author, engineering leader & the mind behind Ship/Show/Ask: A Modern Branching Strategy, joins this episode DI.

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Ship/Show/Ask - A Branching Strategy for Modern Dev Teams w/ Author & Eng Leader Rouan Wilsenach

# Ship/Show/Ask - A Branching Strategy for Modern Dev Teams w/ Author & Eng Leader Rouan Wilsenach

By Rouan Wilsenach

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September 20, 2022

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Branching strategy has been reimagined. Meet the mind behind it. 

In his first-ever podcast appearance, Rouan Wilsenach, author of [Ship/Show/Ask: A Modern Branching Strategy](https://www.martinfowler.com/articles/ship-show-ask.html), joins Dev Interrupted to talk about his work as an author and the inspiration behind his musings on branching strategy. 

If you haven’t already read Ship/Show/Ask, you can find it on [Martin Fowler’s website](https://www.martinfowler.com/articles/ship-show-ask.html). It’s one of the most influential articles we’ve read in years. 

Rouan has been more than an inspiration, he’s changed the way our dev teams work at LinearB - and he might just change yours too. 

### Episode Highlights Include:

* (2:37) Inspiration behind Ship/Show/Ask
* (8:17) What is Ship?
* (10:34) What is Ask?
* (16:44) What is Show?
* (21:48) LinearB's [gitStream](https://linearb.io/dev/gitstream/)
* (26:28) Reception to Ship/Show/Ask
* (36:01) Rouan's #1 takeaway for dev teams

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