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If I was the CTO of Walmart I'd fire somebody for doing a deployment on Black Friday.

Even if I was 99% certain everything would go fine that's just too much of a risk to take.

Unless some kind of show stopping issue was happening I'd wait until after cyber monday or plan the release way before hand.

Where did you get the idea they deployed for the first time on Black Friday? They had it out and ready well before then.

Where did you get the idea it was the first time? Their point is it's a pretty risky day for any deployment.

The quoted tweet "... we decided middle of black friday is perfect time for a release"