--- title: What Are Deployment Patterns? | daily.dev description: A canary release is a method of spotting possible issues before they affect all consumers. Canary releases represent one of the main enablers of continuous... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-are-deployment-patterns--tidxgypi5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What Are Deployment Patterns? | daily.dev og:description: A canary release is a method of spotting possible issues before they affect all consumers. Canary releases represent one of the main enablers of continuous... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-are-deployment-patterns--tidxgypi5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tIDXGYpI5.png og:image:alt: What Are Deployment Patterns? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What Are Deployment Patterns? **[Pointer](https://daily.dev/sources/pointer)** · 4 min read · 200 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary A canary release is a method of spotting possible issues before they affect all consumers. Canary releases represent one of the main enablers of continuous deployments. Red/green deployments are a newer term than blue/green, used by different companies nowadays. We use feature toggles to enable continuous deployments by splitting releases from deployments. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@qa0** · 3 upvotes > Very informative read, thank you! **@mengyi** · 1 upvotes > I learnt something new 🙏❤️ **@divyansh** · 1 upvotes > Great and concise article. I published a similar article a few weeks back, Can't wait to gain reputation and share those articles with y'all... **@xavinoob** · 0 upvotes > I like canary release, for me is easy implementation **@divyasimhahrjois** · 0 upvotes > Absolutely, my friend, this article is an absolute riot! 🤣 I mean, seriously, who hasn't felt like dropkicking a spreadsheet at least once in their tech career, right? It's like watching a sci-fi movie where the hero battles against the evil forces of... Excel! 🦸‍♂️ But in all seriousness, the author's hilarious exaggerations and playful jabs at spreadsheet reliance are spot on. It's like they've unleashed the inner stand-up comedian in every tech enthusiast. And that offer to help with alternatives? It's like saying, "Hey buddy, I've got your back, let's conquer this together." 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I published a similar article a few weeks back, Can’t wait to gain reputation and share those articles with y’all…","datePublished":"2023-07-28T07:45:02.195Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/tIDXGYpI5#c-jcyRBUye0","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Divyansh","url":"https://daily.dev/divyansh","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--k8dXXNIo--/f_auto,q_auto/v1/avatars/avatar_daeoR0lkXA6gmdESp4sKq"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I like canary release, for me is easy implementation","datePublished":"2023-08-13T02:00:29.290Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/tIDXGYpI5#c-NzrVIPrhL","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Xavier Montero","url":"https://daily.dev/xavinoob","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AGNmyxbdAc-XjgMKppgWYa5bldIKFj2fKS98HXD4-MJo=s96-c"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Absolutely, my friend, this article is an absolute riot! 🤣 I mean, seriously, who hasn’t felt like dropkicking a spreadsheet at least once in their tech career, right? It’s like watching a sci-fi movie where the hero battles against the evil forces of… Excel! 🦸‍♂️ But in all seriousness, the author’s hilarious exaggerations and playful jabs at spreadsheet reliance are spot on. It’s like they’ve unleashed the inner stand-up comedian in every tech enthusiast. And that offer to help with alternatives? It’s like saying, “Hey buddy, I’ve got your back, let’s conquer this together.” This article is a gem, a comic relief we all needed in the world of tech and automation! 😄👏\nand I agree with my gpt so just why, dont use excel, dont use it oof","datePublished":"2023-11-12T12:28:15.011Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/tIDXGYpI5#c-cLUjiZMJA","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Divyasimha HR jois","url":"https://daily.dev/divyasimhahrjois","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocI_O13HRFSgWuwhfgPh0bfgrUel3-qT2KvoeId0REt8zVo=s96-c"}}]} ```