Charity Majors 12/24/2025

On Friday Deploys: Sometimes that Puppy Needs Murdering (xpost)

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The article discusses the controversial practice of freezing software deployments on Fridays and before holidays. The author clarifies their position, stating that while deploy freezes are not ideal, they are a sensible workaround for teams that lack the observability tooling to deploy with confidence. The core argument is that such freezes should be seen as a pragmatic engineering hack, not a moral virtue.

On Friday Deploys: Sometimes that Puppy Needs Murdering (xpost)

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