Phase 10: Capstone Deployment Project · 4-6 hours · Python · Docker · Kubernetes
Capstone Evaluation & Production Hardening
Harden the capstone until it could deploy in a real enterprise.
What you will learn
- Apply the 40+ item production hardening checklist to the capstone project
- Implement reliability patterns: retries with backoff, model fallbacks, circuit breakers, rate limiting
- Set up CI/CD pipeline with automated eval gates and preview deployments
- Configure production monitoring: drift detection, cost tracking, latency SLOs, online evaluation
- Write operational runbooks for the capstone system
Objective
What you'll learn
This lesson takes approximately 4-6 hours. By the end, you will be able to:
- Apply the 40+ item production hardening checklist to the capstone project
- Implement reliability patterns: retries with backoff, model fallbacks, circuit breakers, rate limiting
- Set up CI/CD pipeline with automated eval gates and preview deployments
- Configure production monitoring: drift detection, cost tracking, latency SLOs, online evaluation
- Write operational runbooks for the capstone system
The Problem
The capstone hardening phase separates a portfolio project from a production system. You'll apply the 40+ item production hardening checklist: reliability patterns (retries, fallbacks, circuit breakers), CI/CD with eval gates, monitoring and drift detection, and operational runbooks. By the end, your capstone should be deployable in a real enterprise.
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