https://blog.maceage.com/tags/infrastructure/Recent content in Infrastructure on Maceage's BlogHugoen-au© Graham MaceSun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.maceage.com/posts/2026/canary-deployments/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.maceage.com/posts/2026/canary-deployments/<p><small><i>(Originally drafted in September 2023 during my tenure at Xero. Republished here in October 2026 with updated context and removed proprietary references)</i></small></p> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t save the canary. Fix the coal mine.&rdquo; — <a href="https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1447846" target="_blank">Seth Godin</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Modernisation isn&rsquo;t just about using the latest technologies; it&rsquo;s also about using modern engineering processes to deliver value safely to customers.</p> <p>In the early days of web software engineering, deploying software generally entailed taking application binaries, zipping them up, copying the zip file to a physical server, unzipping the files, and updating the server to use the new binaries.</p>