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by cheeseface 827 days ago
For software orgs deploying web services, ”no deployments on Fridays” should be seen as a temporary workaround, not a best practice to follow. It is a symptom of poor automatic QA processes (linting, automatic tests, etc.) and lack of capabilities like feature flags.

The only exception is orgs that need manual QA for regulatory reasons and mobile development, where you follow a weekly/bi-weekly cadence because of external Apple/Google reviews.

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Exactly! It really depends on the setup. Good CI? Deploy at will. Nonexistent CI? Tuesday morning.

Of course it can go wrong in either case. But I will keep less slack when the CI is good.