Feature flags, canary releases, and the art of not breaking production (too badly)

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Every team has its version of “we don’t deploy on Fridays” or “nobody touches payments at month end.”

It’s not in the internal handbook, but everyone treats it like it’s carved in stone. It didn’t come from theory — it came from long nights, heroic rollbacks, and that shared, unspoken “never again” feeling.

The problem is that the business doesn’t care about your trauma. It wants changes. Many, and often.

Risk Management on I am Lino

Feature flags, canary releases, and the art of not breaking production (too badly)