Insights
Cicd Isnt Speed Its Predictable Change Under Load
A stable deep-link for this insight. This is meant to be useful even if you only have 2 minutes: what to watch, what fails, and what to do next.
If you remember one thing
Turn opinions into gates. If you can’t measure safety (SLIs) and roll back fast, your “best practice” is just a vibe.
Quick checklist
- What’s the blast radius of this change?
- What are the SLIs that prove it’s safe?
- What’s the rollback, and has it been rehearsed?
- What signal would tell you it’s getting worse?
Copy/paste PromQL starter
# Error-rate (5xx) as a fraction of all requests
sum(rate(http_requests_total{status=~"5.."}[5m])) / sum(rate(http_requests_total[5m]))Route: /insights/cicd-isnt-speed-its-predictable-change-under-load