"value":"\n <p>There's a common saying about not deploying changes on a Friday to prevent outages or issues before the weekend.<\/p>\n\n<p>I've also seen this where people won't deploy after a particular time of the day as it's too close to the evening.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"when-did-you-last-deploy%3F\">When did you last deploy?<\/h2>\n\n<p>The longer it's been since the last deployment, the risker each deployment is.<\/p>\n\n<p>If there are weeks or months of changes, it will be risky regardless of which day it is.<\/p>\n\n<p>If your last deployment was an afternoon, deploying a small change the following morning will be low risk, even on a Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"conclusion\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n<p>If you're nervous about deploying on a Friday, I think you need to aim for smaller and more frequent deployments to minimise the risk.<\/p>\n\n<p>The issue isn't when you're deploying. You likely need to do so more often.<\/p>\n\n<p>If there is an issue after a large release, it will take more time to debug or roll back compared to a small release which is easier to find and fix the problem or revert that single change.<\/p>\n\n ",
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"processed":"\n <p>There's a common saying about not deploying changes on a Friday to prevent outages or issues before the weekend.<\/p>\n\n<p>I've also seen this where people won't deploy after a particular time of the day as it's too close to the evening.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"when-did-you-last-deploy%3F\">When did you last deploy?<\/h2>\n\n<p>The longer it's been since the last deployment, the risker each deployment is.<\/p>\n\n<p>If there are weeks or months of changes, it will be risky regardless of which day it is.<\/p>\n\n<p>If your last deployment was an afternoon, deploying a small change the following morning will be low risk, even on a Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"conclusion\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n<p>If you're nervous about deploying on a Friday, I think you need to aim for smaller and more frequent deployments to minimise the risk.<\/p>\n\n<p>The issue isn't when you're deploying. You likely need to do so more often.<\/p>\n\n<p>If there is an issue after a large release, it will take more time to debug or roll back compared to a small release which is easier to find and fix the problem or revert that single change.<\/p>\n\n ",