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Swizectoday at 2:15 PM1 replyview on HN

> Does it? Reverting a bad deploy is not only about running the previous version.

It does. We’ve tried. No it’s not as easy as running the previous version.

I have written about this: https://swizec.com/blog/why-software-only-moves-forward/


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pdhborgestoday at 3:31 PM

I read the article and to be honest I don't know where we disagree. I disagree with this quote,

> Takes ~10min to revert a bad deploy

A bad deploy can take way over that just in customer or partner management communication.