Canary Releases: How to Deploy Code Without Blowing Up Your Production
Let’s face it - deploying code to production often feels like defusing a bomb while blindfolded. Enter canary releases, the DevOps equivalent of sending a tiny yellow bird into the coal mine before risking human lives. In this guide, we’ll turn you into a deployment ninja who can ship features with the confidence of a barista serving decaf to programmers (they’ll never notice). Why Your Deployment Needs Feathers Canary releases work like biological early warning systems - you deploy new code to a small subset of users/servers first, just like miners used canaries to detect toxic gas....