Deployment & CI/CD - Ship Fast, Ship Safe
Manual Deploys. Broken Production. Deploy Fear.
Manual deployment. FTP uploads. Site breaks in production. No rollback. Deploy takes hours. Fear of shipping.
The "Deploy Terror" Problem
😤 The Friday 5pm Deploy
- • 5:00pm: Boss: "Can you deploy the new feature before weekend?"
- • 5:05pm: You: "Uh... sure..." (internal panic)
- • 5:10pm: FTP into production server. Upload files. Forget which files changed.
- • 5:25pm: Upload complete. Check site. White screen of death.
- • 5:30pm: Panic. Check error logs. Permission error. Fix.
- • 5:45pm: Site back. But contact form broken. Debug. Fix. Re-upload.
- • 6:30pm: Finally working. Probably. Weekend ruined worrying.
- • Monday: discover 3 other things broken. Emergency fixes all week.
💸 The Cost of Manual Deployment
- • Time: 1-3 hours per deploy (with fixes)
- • Stress: Every deploy is nerve-wracking
- • Errors: Manual process = human mistakes
- • Downtime: Production broken while troubleshooting
- • Opportunity cost: Ship less often = slower innovation
Teams deploy once per week (scared to deploy more). Modern teams deploy 10-50x per day. Difference? Automation.
⚠️ No Rollback = Living Dangerously
Deploy breaks production:
- • Manual deploy: scramble to fix, re-upload, hope it works (30-60 min downtime)
- • Database changed? Can't easily rollback. Forward-only fixes.
- • Meanwhile: customers see errors, sales lost, support tickets flood in
- • Stress level: maximum
Without rollback capability, every deploy is Russian roulette.
✓ The Highlander Deploy Experience
git push → production in 2 minutes. Automated, tested, safe. Tests run automatically. Deploy to edge network. Monitor error rates. Issue detected? Rollback in 30 seconds. Deploy without fear. Ship multiple times per day. That's how modern teams move fast.
Automated Deploy Workflow
Push Code
Developer pushes to main branch:
⏱️ 2 seconds
CI Pipeline Triggered
GitHub Actions / GitLab CI starts:
- • Install dependencies (npm install)
- • Run linter (catch code quality issues)
- • Run tests (unit, integration, e2e)
- • Build production bundle
⏱️ 60-90 seconds
Tests Pass → Deploy
All checks passed. Deploy to production:
- • Upload build to edge network (Vercel/Netlify/Cloudflare)
- • Invalidate CDN cache
- • Update DNS if needed
- • Run smoke tests on production
⏱️ 30-60 seconds
Live & Monitored
Deploy complete. Site live. Monitoring starts: error rates, response times, traffic. Anomalies detected? Alert sent. Auto-rollback if critical issues.
⏱️ Continuous
Total Time: ~2-3 minutes
From git push to production. Zero manual steps. Fully automated. Repeatable.
Preview Deployments for Every PR
Every pull request gets its own preview URL. Test in production-like environment before merging.
How It Works
Developer creates pull request: "Add new pricing page"
CI automatically builds and deploys to preview URL:
Team reviews changes on live preview URL (not localhost screenshots)
Client/stakeholder clicks preview link, approves
Merge PR → production deploy
❌ Without Preview Deploys
- • Developer: "Works on my machine"
- • Merge to production
- • Production: broken layout on Safari
- • Discover issue after deploy
- • Emergency fix
✓ With Preview Deploys
- • Developer: sends preview URL
- • Stakeholder: tests on Safari
- • Issue found: layout broken
- • Fix in PR before merge
- • Merge when actually ready
Instant Rollback: Your Safety Net
Deploy broke something? Rollback to previous version in 30 seconds. Zero downtime.
⚠️ The Scenario
- • 2:00pm: Deploy new feature
- • 2:05pm: Users report checkout broken
- • 2:06pm: Error rate spiking (monitoring alerts)
- • 2:07pm: Revenue dropping. Every second counts.
Traditional WordPress Recovery
- • Find recent database backup (10 min)
- • Restore database (15 min)
- • FTP old files back (10 min)
- • Test (5 min)
- Total: 40+ minutes downtime
- Revenue lost: $2,000+
Highlander Rollback
- • 2:07pm: Click "Rollback to v1.4.2"
- • 2:07pm: Traffic switches to previous deploy
- • 2:07pm: Site working again
- • 2:08pm: Verify. All good.
- Total: 30 seconds downtime
- Revenue saved: $1,950
How Rollback Works
Every deploy is versioned and immutable. Previous versions stay deployed (inactive). Rollback = switch traffic routing from v1.5.0 to v1.4.2. Instant. No rebuild. No redeploy.
v1.3.0 (archived) | v1.4.2 (now active) | v1.5.0 (broken, inactive)
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Deploy broke production? Rollback to previous version in 30 seconds. Zero downtime. Instant recovery.
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Tests run before deploy. Build fails if tests fail. Broken code never reaches production.
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Git push → live in 2-3 minutes. No manual FTP, no server SSH, no configuration. Automatic.
Safer Deployments
Automated tests, preview environments, instant rollback. Deploy with confidence. No fear.
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Easy deploys = ship features faster. Deploy multiple times per day. Continuous delivery.
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Issue in production? Rollback in 30 seconds. No panic. No emergency all-hands meetings.
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Frequently Asked Questions
CI/CD = Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment. Automates the path from code to production. CI: every code commit triggers automated tests (catch bugs early). CD: passing code automatically deploys to production (fast shipping). Without CI/CD: manual testing, manual deploys, slow feedback, high risk. With CI/CD: automated testing, one-click deploys, fast iterations, low risk. Modern teams ship 10-100x more frequently with CI/CD.
Simple: git push main. Pipeline starts: (1) Install dependencies, (2) Run tests (unit, integration), (3) Build production bundle, (4) Deploy to edge network, (5) Invalidate CDN cache, (6) Run smoke tests, (7) Deploy complete. Takes 2-3 minutes. Success? Site live. Failure? Deploy cancelled, you're notified. Zero manual steps.
Every pull request gets unique preview URL. Example: pr-47-new-feature.preview.site.com. Test changes in production-like environment BEFORE merging. Share with stakeholders for approval. QA can test. Client can review. No 'works on my machine' surprises. Merge when confident. Prevents broken production deploys.
30 seconds. Every deploy is versioned. Rollback = switch traffic to previous version. Instant. No rebuild, no redeploy. Previous version still running. Traffic switches. Done. Compare to WordPress: restore database backup (15-30 min), re-upload files (10 min), hope nothing else broke. Highlander: click button, 30 seconds, recovered.
Build process catches failures: tests fail? Deploy cancelled. Build errors? Deploy cancelled. Broken code never reaches production. You get notification with error details. Fix locally, push again. Current production version stays live, unaffected. Compare to manual FTP: upload broken file, production crashes, scramble to fix. CI/CD = safety net.
Yes. Typical workflow: (1) develop on feature branch → preview deploy, (2) merge to 'develop' branch → staging deploy, (3) merge to 'main' branch → production deploy. Staging is production-like environment for final testing. Catch issues before customers see them.
Content lives in CMS (Contentful, Sanity) or eCommerce platform (Shopify)—deploys don't affect content. Code deploys are independent. Need database migration? Run migration script in pipeline before deploy. Reversible migrations for safe rollback. Content and code deployment separated = safer, more flexible.
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