Oh. My. Word. Do people really check things into production without thorough testing? More than once in their lifetime?
Then - yes, I have checked things into production right before a long weekend, but with the expectation that we have monitoring in place starting immediately, and that we have staffed with the expectation that extra attention is needed and more attention might be required if an issue indeed crops up. It can give a lighter production-level experience, possibly flushing out issues at a relatively lower level of system stress. it can be beneficial. It can be easier to craft and implement a fix more thoughtfully during the lighter hours of a weekend than during the heat of a weekday. But ya gotta staff for it.
Oh. My. Word. Do people really check things into production without thorough testing? More than once in their lifetime?
Then - yes, I have checked things into production right before a long weekend, but with the expectation that we have monitoring in place starting immediately, and that we have staffed with the expectation that extra attention is needed and more attention might be required if an issue indeed crops up. It can give a lighter production-level experience, possibly flushing out issues at a relatively lower level of system stress. it can be beneficial. It can be easier to craft and implement a fix more thoughtfully during the lighter hours of a weekend than during the heat of a weekday. But ya gotta staff for it.