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The PayEng Playbook

Stripe deploys over 1,000 times daily with 99.999% uptime, averaging one deployment per engineer every 3 days. The article challenges the common practice of avoiding Friday deployments, arguing that speed is the primary competitive advantage for software companies. It contrasts Microsoft's Zero Defects approach with eBay's Velocity Initiative, which achieved 5x faster deployments and 3x lower failure rates. The key insight is that quality and speed reinforce each other through continuous deployment practices, enabling faster feedback loops and quicker fixes rather than trying to achieve perfection before release.

Stripe Deploys 1,000 Times A Day And You Don't Deploy On Fridays

Server-based businesses are built on speed

<p>if i get paid as good as stripe i will deploy on fridays</p>


<p>Hundreds of engineers in my company deploy on friday. If your test suite is really good and literally tests everything, you can be confident enough to deploy anytime.</p>
