The document discusses the 12 Factor App methodology for building scalable software-as-a-service applications. The 12 factors are: use one codebase tracked in version control; declare and isolate dependencies; store config in the environment; treat backing services as attached resources; separate build and run stages; execute the app as stateless processes; export services via port binding; scale out via processes; maximize robustness with fast startup and graceful shutdown; keep development, staging, and production environments similar; treat logs as event streams; and run admin/management tasks as one-off processes.