Episode 1 — The Friday Deploy
Week 1. "Today you'll shadow me during a deployment." What You'll Learn By the end of this series, you'll be able to explain confidently: What actually happens after git push How GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, and other CI systems work conceptually Why runners exist and how they execute your code How production deployments differ from local deployments Why companies use artifacts, Docker…
During the investigation of a production failure, engineers often begin by "tailing logs" - this involves streaming real-time output from the server's log files. By observing the logs, engineers can identify any error messages, stack traces, or other relevant information that may have been generated when the issue occurred. Tailing logs is a crucial step in understanding the root cause of a production outage and helps guide the subsequent troubleshooting efforts.
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