Deployment Strategies Articles

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5/8/2026 • EN

YOLO Is a Terrible Strategy for Validating Production Changes

Explores why YOLO is a bad strategy for validating production changes and offers better methods like canary releases, shadow traffic, and smoke tests.

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Benjamin Cane

12/20/2025 • EN

Canary deployments are an operational superpower, but the complexity they bring isn’t for everyone.

Compares Canary and Blue/Green deployment strategies, explaining their complexities, use cases, and when each is optimal for software releases.

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Benjamin Cane

2/22/2024 • EN

Microservices: The Key to Successful Blue/Green Deployments

Explains how a microservices architecture is essential for successful blue/green deployments and common pitfalls when services are not independent.

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Brian Beach

8/27/2021 • EN

Software deploys and cognitive biases

Analyzes how cognitive biases like prevention bias and status-quo bias lead to inefficient software deployment practices like 'No Friday Deploys'.

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Charity Majors

Deployment Strategies Articles

YOLO Is a Terrible Strategy for Validating Production Changes

Canary deployments are an operational superpower, but the complexity they bring isn’t for everyone.

Microservices: The Key to Successful Blue/Green Deployments

Software deploys and cognitive biases

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