Progressive Delivery and SRE: Safer Releases at Scale (2026)
The modern software landscape moves at a relentless pace. Companies must ship features fast to stay competitive, yet any downtime can cause massive financial loss. This tension creates a significant challenge for tech teams worldwide. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) offers a solution by treating operations as a software problem. Within this framework, Progressive Delivery has emerged as the gold standard for deploying code without fear. Understanding the Shift toward Progressive Delivery Traditional deployment methods often involve "Big Bang" releases. In this old model, teams push the entire update to every user at once. If a bug exists, every customer suffers. Progressive Delivery changes this dynamic entirely. It builds upon Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) but adds a layer of control and safety. This approach allows teams to release new features to a small subset of users first. You observe the system performance and user behavior. If the ...