Phase 8: Production Hardening & Operations · 55 min · Python · Docker · Kubernetes

Deployment Patterns & Client Handoff

Ship on day one. Roll out in phases. Hand off with confidence.

What you will learn

Apply the Bootcamp approach: 3-5 day intensive deployment, ship on day one, rapid iteration
Implement phased rollout: pilot → broader rollout → full production with eval gates at each phase
Configure blue-green deployment: two identical environments, instant rollback
Run canary releases: gradual traffic shift, eval monitoring, automatic rollback on regression
Execute client handoff: documentation, training, shadow period, expansion opportunity identification

Objective

What you'll learn

This lesson takes approximately 55 min. By the end, you will be able to:

Apply the Bootcamp approach: 3-5 day intensive deployment, ship on day one, rapid iteration
Implement phased rollout: pilot → broader rollout → full production with eval gates at each phase
Configure blue-green deployment: two identical environments, instant rollback
Run canary releases: gradual traffic shift, eval monitoring, automatic rollback on regression
Execute client handoff: documentation, training, shadow period, expansion opportunity identification

The Problem

Ship on day one. Roll out in phases. Hand off with confidence. The deployment pattern: canary release to 5% of users, monitor metrics for 24 hours, expand to 25%, monitor again, then full rollout. Client handoff means documentation, runbooks, and training sessions that let the client's team operate the system after you leave.

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