With Preview Environments, Everyone is Invited To the Party

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Defines a preview environment as an ephemeral per-PR deployment that runs the branch code, is torn down after review, and posts a URL via a GitHub bot posts access link. Notes Heroku and Runnable as early examples and argues Kubernetes + cloud tools make it cheap and automatable. Claims this lets non-developers (design, content, PMs) exercise UI, API, and DB changes before merge, validates deployment automation, and cuts post-merge fix cycles by shifting feedback earlier.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:47Outline
3. 1:44Definition
4. 4:07Review Process
5. 6:11Availability
6. 8:38Content
7. 10:33Ownership
8. 12:01Timing Feedback
9. 14:33Wrap Up

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