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6 Deployment Strategies and How to Choose the Best for You

What's this blog post about?

The text discusses six common deployment strategies in software delivery: big-bang, rolling, recreate, canary, blue/green, and shadow. It highlights that the best strategy depends on factors such as application characteristics, team capabilities, and deployment goals. Feature flags are introduced as a better approach to these strategies by separating deployments from releases. The text also explores differences between deployments and releases, types of deployment strategies, choosing the right deployment strategy, comparing deployment strategies, and the role of feature management in deployment.

Company
LaunchDarkly

Date published
March 15, 2024

Author(s)
Brian Rinaldi

Word count
2579

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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