Organizations that feel that they desperately need to take that risk, are doing it because they disrespect their team’s time.
Or they are aware they are not in a position to block deployments for 60 hours every week? I’ve felt more discouraged working at companies that blocked Friday deployments because “it could wait until Monday”, and then when Monday came half of the team was blocked or waiting for some new data report that could have been running during the weekend.
It can be the smallest risk in the world, but it’s still a risk.
And it’s up to the Engineering manager (or at least the Release Manager in places where that role still exists) to evaluate what would be the trade-off. If you say that a bug coming from a Thursday deployment could’ve waited until Monday, why can’t a bug that has come from a Friday deployment?
I guess my issue is not in saying “Some things should not be deployed on a Friday”, but with the generalization. Of course there are things that should be okay to deploy on a Friday, or a Thursday night, or when the manager is on vacation… Being strict about it seems anything but “respect for the team”, but a general distrust of the people and the process.
Or they are aware they are not in a position to block deployments for 60 hours every week? I’ve felt more discouraged working at companies that blocked Friday deployments because “it could wait until Monday”, and then when Monday came half of the team was blocked or waiting for some new data report that could have been running during the weekend.
And it’s up to the Engineering manager (or at least the Release Manager in places where that role still exists) to evaluate what would be the trade-off. If you say that a bug coming from a Thursday deployment could’ve waited until Monday, why can’t a bug that has come from a Friday deployment?
I guess my issue is not in saying “Some things should not be deployed on a Friday”, but with the generalization. Of course there are things that should be okay to deploy on a Friday, or a Thursday night, or when the manager is on vacation… Being strict about it seems anything but “respect for the team”, but a general distrust of the people and the process.