EVERY IT PROFESSIONAL KNOWS THIS INCIDENT.
“Everything is ready.”
Code reviewed.
Tests passed.
Backup ready.
Rollback plan ready.
TIME TO DEPLOY.
The deployment starts.
Build: SUCCESS ✓
Migration: SUCCESS ✓
Tests: SUCCESS ✓
Deployment: SUCCESS ✓
DEPLOYMENT COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY.
Perfect.
“Finally. Let's monitor for a few minutes and get a coffee.”
Three minutes later...
ALERTS: 12
Service Down.
High Error Rate.
CPU 100%.
Database Offline.
Users Impacted.
Logs checked.
Cache checked.
DNS checked.
Configuration checked.
Then they find it.
APP_ENV: production → maintenance
The deployment worked perfectly.
It just deployed the application into maintenance mode.
Lesson learned:
Double-check the config.
And yes...
IT ALWAYS WORKS ON MY MACHINE.
Case closed.
THE PRODUCT
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For developers, DevOps engineers, sysadmins, and everyone who has watched a perfect deployment become an incident.
IT CULTURE, WORN.
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Care instructions: Machine wash: cold (max 30C or 90F), Do not bleach, Tumble dry: low heat, Iron, steam or dry: low heat, Do not dryclean
