# Is "Not deploying on Fridays" an outdated practice?

DevFeed: [Is "Not deploying on Fridays" an outdated practice?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/is-not-deploying-on-fridays-an-outdated-practice-39930.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://mende.io/blog/not-deploying-on-fridays-outdated-practice/>)

Author: tobi@techunicorn.builders (Tobias Mende)

Published: 2022-07-09T13:25:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tobias Mende](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tobias-mende.md>)

Topics: [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Risk](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/risk.md>)

Tags: [changes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/changes.md>), [continuous-deployment-culture-practices-developer-productivity-engineering-excellence-software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/continuous-deployment-culture-practices-developer-productivity-engineering-excellence-software.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [risk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/risk.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that avoiding Friday deployments is an outdated practice for teams using continuous deployments, feature toggles, and instant rollbacks. Small, frequent deployments reduce the risk and effort of fixing problems, while postponing releases can create larger batch deployments on Monday.

## Source excerpt

Is "Not deploying on Fridays" an outdated practice? Every person working in a field somehow related to software development probably has heard the term "Don't deploy on Fridays". For years, I considered this as a wise recommendation.