Fast vs safe: The great dilemma in modern software development
3 keys to deploy more, risk less, and release with confidence.
Customer success stories
LaunchDarkly solves the speed vs. risk conundrum by allowing your developers to test safely in production, instantly deactivate broken code, and spend more time on what matters.
Here are two examples of how our platform helps developers at leading organizations deploy more often and release without risk.
Paramount improves developer productivity 100x with LaunchDarkly
Challenge
Paramount’s developer teams had bi-weekly dedicated release dates involving high inter-team dependencies. The 48 hours preceding these launches were characterized by stressful branch merges, QA regression tests, and last-minute fixes. And if a launch caused a bug in production, it took up to a week to fix.
Solution
Paramount used LaunchDarkly to ship changes on-demand across 14 applications. They reduced inter-team dependencies and now practice trunk-based development.
Results
With LaunchDarkly, Paramount has achieved a 100x increase in developer productivity—from two deployments per month to 6-7 per day. What’s more, the company can now resolve production issues in a single day, compared to the up to seven days it previously required.
The ability to ship and merge code to environments safely without wincing every time we hit the ‘deploy’ button has been huge for us.
Dan SkaggsTechnical Director of Content Engineering at Paramount
Vodafone enhances digital experiences
Challenge
Vodafone combined feature updates into quarterly “big-bang” releases that were not standardized across teams. The company needed to reduce risks, optimize operational efficiency, and deliver a better customer experience.
Solution
Vodafone used LaunchDarkly to increase their deployment frequency and create a more stable customer experience.
Results
Vodafone now releases continuously and can resolve incidents immediately. The company releases around 363 times a month—compared to the previous cadence of once per quarter—and maintains a 98% success rate when deploying to production.
Read: Full Vodafone case study
Even though Vodafone has released a record amount of software changes, the company saw its highest availability this past year [with LaunchDarkly].
