Octopus Deploy

Many teams rely on “skeleton pipelines” that get code to production but haven’t been improved in months—or ever. This article urges software teams to treat their delivery pipelines as critical, evolving parts of their product. It highlights the importance of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement in the software delivery process to avoid bottlenecks, reduce deployment pain, and enable faster, more reliable releases.

At Octopus, we've distilled years of deployment experience into the 10 Pillars of Pragmatic Deployments — a flexible, experience-driven framework to help teams build reliable, repeatable, and user-friendly software deployments. From understanding repeatable and verifiable deployments to achieving seamless cutovers with smart strategies like rolling updates and canary deployments, this guide walks you through modern deployment best practices that work in the real world — not just in theory.

DevOps brought developers and operations together to improve software delivery speed and reliability. Now, Platform Engineering builds on that foundation—enabling development teams with self-service tools, golden pathways, and smoother workflows. This article explores how Platform Engineering complements DevOps, supports scale without sacrificing autonomy, and helps high-performing teams reduce complexity while boosting productivity.

Automatic rollbacks might sound like a safe fallback for failed deployments, but modern software delivery tells a different story. This article explores why human-driven resilience, Continuous Delivery, and progressive delivery strategies are far more effective. Learn how deploying in small batches, using canary or blue/green strategies, and leveraging feature flags can help you respond smarter—and faster—when things go wrong.

Stack Overflow adopted Octopus Deploy to streamline and scale its enterprise software delivery using tenanted deployments, automation, and Configuration as Code. By integrating application code, build, and deployment processes in a single GitHub repo, the team improved CI/CD efficiency, enabled better collaboration through pull requests, and reduced deployment times across multiple customers. Octopus's Azure support, API flexibility, and excellent customer service empowered Stack Overflow to standardize and mature its DevOps practices.

Recruit Wizard transformed its software delivery by adopting Octopus Deploy for full deployment automation across Kubernetes and virtual machines. Moving from quarterly to daily deployments, the team now uses Config as Code and Runbooks to streamline releases, reduce errors, and empower non-engineering staff to run operational tasks independently. With Octopus Cloud, they’ve modernized and scaled their deployments while staying focused on growth and innovation in recruitment software.