Dark Launches vs Rolling Deployment

Developers should use dark launches when deploying high-risk features, conducting A/B tests to validate user behavior, or implementing gradual rollouts to minimize impact on users meets developers should use rolling deployment in production environments where high availability is critical, such as for web applications, apis, or microservices that cannot afford extended outages. Here's our take.

Dark Launches

Nice Pick

Developers should use dark launches when deploying high-risk features, conducting A/B tests to validate user behavior, or implementing gradual rollouts to minimize impact on users

Pros

• It's particularly valuable in continuous delivery pipelines to ensure stability and performance before full release, and in large-scale applications where failures could have significant consequences
• Related to: feature-flags, continuous-deployment

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Rolling Deployment

Developers should use rolling deployment in production environments where high availability is critical, such as for web applications, APIs, or microservices that cannot afford extended outages

Pros

• It is particularly useful in cloud-based or containerized setups (e
• Related to: continuous-deployment, blue-green-deployment

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Dark Launches if: You want it's particularly valuable in continuous delivery pipelines to ensure stability and performance before full release, and in large-scale applications where failures could have significant consequences and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Rolling Deployment if: You prioritize it is particularly useful in cloud-based or containerized setups (e over what Dark Launches offers.

The Bottom Line

Dark Launches wins

Developers should use dark launches when deploying high-risk features, conducting A/B tests to validate user behavior, or implementing gradual rollouts to minimize impact on users