ClueCon Weekly with Carlus Henry [Sn. 15 Ep.9]: Continuous Deployment in Practice

ClueCon Weekly with Carlus Henry [Sn. 15 Ep.9]: Continuous Deployment in Practice

This week on ClueCon Weekly, Principal Consultant Carlos Henry joins us to break down what Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Deployment really mean, and how to make CD work in the real world. Carlos shares lessons from 25 years across dev, architecture, and DevOps, including why teams resist CD, what has to change when you move beyond scheduled releases, and the habits that keep production stable while you ship all day. What we cover: 🔘CI vs. Delivery vs. Deployment—clear definitions and why they matter 🔘Mindset shifts: designing changes that can’t break prod 🔘Safe database & API evolution (additive changes, guards/feature flags) 🔘Containers, 12-factor config, and why environment flags are your safety net 🔘Scaling CD in larger orgs (cross-functional teams, pilot projects, comms) 🔘Real-time systems (calls/messages) and strategies for pause/resume & rolling updates 🔘Building trust in your pipeline: small, testable changes and observability 🔘How GenAI’s code velocity makes CD non-negotiable