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Discussion on: Why you should deploy on Friday afternoon

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Matt Laser

While I don't disagree that CD is good, that isn't a good argument to purposefully release software with decreased availability. I understand that any type of issue should be quick to diagnose... but why? It can wait.

You said it best:

no process in the world prevents bugs

From start to close, the whole article seems like it is looking for validation from some onlooker to say "wow you really ARE professional, aren't you!". Who cares? Someone judging you based on your professionalism won't have any concept of what CD is in the first place.

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Chris James • Edited

that isn't a good argument to purposefully release software with decreased availability.

That is really not the impression I'm trying to give. What I've failed to explain is CD results in more reliable software as it stops you taking shortcuts. It forces you to address shortcomings in your testing/monitoring/etc if you're going to be able to release when code is checked into master.

From start to close, the whole article seems like it is looking for validation from some onlooker to say "wow you really ARE professional, aren't you!".

Again, miscommunication on my part I suppose. I would prefer to raise the game of teams I work on by emphasising that releasing and crossing our fingers so much that we dont want to release on Fridays is not good enough.