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Designing idempotent deploy pipelines

Idempotency in deployment pipelines means you can safely re-run a failed deploy without side effects — a property that takes discipline to achieve.

Raj Patel · 1 min read
Designing idempotent deploy pipelines

Idempotency in deployment pipelines means you can safely re-run a failed deploy without side effects — a property that takes discipline to achieve.

Raj Patel
WRITTEN BY Raj Patel Network Engineer · Edge

Raj builds the planet-scale anycast network behind Stratum's edge, from greenfield BGP design to the day-to-day of running points of presence on five continents.

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