Coding team: Important latency numbers
Here’s some important feedback loops for a team, with feasible delays. I’d consider these delays tolerable by a team doing their best work (in contexts I’ve worked in). Some teams can do better, lots do worse.
Operation Delay
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Run unit tests for the code you’re working on < 100 Milliseconds
Run all unit tests in the codebase < 20 Seconds
Run integration tests < 2 Minutes
From pushing a commit to live in production < 5 Minutes
Breakage to Paging Oncall per SLO/Error Budget
Team Feedback < 2 Hours
Customer Feedback < 1 Week
Commercial Bet Feedback < 1 Quarter
Source: https://benjiweber.co.uk/blog/2021/01/23/latency-numbers-every-team-should-know/