Canary Release: A Smart Approach to Software Deployment

Feeling Like I Have No Release: A Journey Towards Sane Deployments

When I was young and dinosaurs walked the earth, I worked on a software team that developed a web-based product for two years before ever releasing it. I don’t just mean we didn’t make it publicly available; we didn’t deploy it anywhere except for a test machine in the office, accessed by two internal testers, and this required a change to each tester’s hosts file. You don’t have to be an agile… Source

Feeling Like I Have No Release: A Journey Towards Sane Deployments | CSS-Tricks

When I was young and dinosaurs walked the earth, I worked on a software team that developed a web-based product for two years before ever releasing it. I don’t just mean we didn’t make it publicly available; we didn’t deploy it anywhere except for a test machine in the office, accessed by two internal testers, and this required a change to each tester’s hosts file. You don’t have to be an agile evangelist to spot the red flag. There’s “release e…

Canary Release: A Smart Approach to Software Deployment

In the world of continuous delivery and DevOps, deploying new versions of software in a safe and controlled manner is crucial. One of the most effective strategies for minimizing risk while introducing new features is the Canary Release. This technique allows you to gradually roll out changes to a subset of users before making them available to everyone. In this post, we'll explore the benefits and drawbacks of Canary Releases and provide a prac…