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CI/CD and DevOps

Deploying should be a non-event, several times a week, with no meeting.

When deploying is frightening, you deploy rarely; when you deploy rarely, each release carries three months of change, and that is precisely what breaks. Getting out of that loop is mechanical: automate until publishing takes one command. For us, a release starts from a command line, runs the tests, builds the image, deploys it, and rolling back means redeploying the previous version. What that produces, measured over the last thirty days: around 150 production releases a day across 65 projects, with no meeting and no deployment window. That is the pipeline we set up for our clients.

The method

How we work

  1. 01

    We make the build reproducible

    Dependency versions pinned, image built identically every time. “It works on my machine” is a symptom of a non-reproducible environment, not a fact of life.

  2. 02

    We run the tests on every change

    Automatically, before any deployment. A test you run by hand when you think of it protects nothing.

  3. 03

    We deploy without downtime

    The new version starts, proves it responds, then the old one stops. If it does not respond, it is abandoned and the service carries on with the old one.

  4. 04

    We keep rollback within reach

    Every version stays deployable. Going back takes a minute, which makes deploying low-risk — therefore frequent, therefore even lower-risk.

What you get

Deliverables

  • check_circleThe build and deployment pipeline in place, triggered automatically
  • check_circleSeparate environments: development, staging, production
  • check_circleThe release and rollback procedure, on a single page
  • check_circleThe history of deployed versions, with what each one contained

Frequently asked questions

We have no tests. Is that a blocker?
No. We install the pipeline first, then add tests on whatever breaks most often — usually calculations and business rules. Waiting for full coverage before automating means never starting.
Kubernetes?
Rarely justified below a certain scale. We run dozens of applications in production on much simpler orchestration that two people can understand entirely. Choosing a tool you do not master moves the risk, it does not reduce it.
Will you work on an existing pipeline?
Yes. GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins: the principle is the same. We take over what exists, make it reliable, and only replace it if maintaining it costs more than rebuilding it.

Let's talk about your project

Thirty minutes is enough to tell whether we are the right fit. We reply within 48 hours, and we say no when it is not for us.