Deployment Strategy for Applications
A focused chapter on deployment strategy for applications, with practical delivery concerns, trade-offs, and the operational questions behind CI/CD work.
What Actually Happens When You Update a Live Application
You are in the middle of filling out a form. The page freezes. Then a blank screen. Then an error message. You refresh, and the data you just entered is
Rolling Update: How to Deploy Without Taking Everything Down at Once
Imagine this: your application is running on five servers, all serving users. You need to push a new version with a critical bug fix. The old-school way
Blue/Green Deployment: When You Need Instant Cutover and Instant Rollback
Imagine this scene: your team just finished a major redesign of the main landing page. Or maybe you replaced a core library that touches every part of the
When You Want Real Feedback Before Going All In
Your team has built a new recommendation engine. It looks great in staging. Tests pass. The product team is excited. But somewhere in the back of your
When You Want to Control Exactly Who Gets the New Version First
Imagine you have an application running across three regions: Asia, Europe, and America. You just finished a major update, but you are not sure how it
Deploy vs Release: Why Progressive Delivery Separates Two Things You Thought Were the Same
Your team just finished a new checkout flow. The code is tested, the pull request is merged, and the deployment pipeline is green. You hit deploy. The new
Choosing the Right Deployment Strategy for Your Application and Team
You have a new version of your application ready. The code is tested, the build passed, and the artifacts are sitting in your registry. Now comes the real