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I Built a Tool That Blocks Bad Deployments (So I Stop Breaking Things at 2AM)

DEV Community·Nneoma Uwakwe·26 days ago
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The Honest Truth I break things. A lot. I've deployed code when my server disk was 99% full. I've promoted broken canaries without checking if they were actually working. I've made the same mistakes over and over. So I built a tool that literally won't let me be stupid. It's called SwiftDeploy. And this is the story of how I built it. What Does This Tool Actually Do? In simple terms: You write ONE file describing your app The tool generates everything else (Nginx config, Docker files) Before deploying, it asks permission from a policy engine If your disk is too full or CPU is too high → deployment blocked If your canary has too many errors → promotion blocked You get a live dashboard showing what's happening You get an audit report showing what happened Think of it like a security guard at the door who checks your ID before letting you in.…

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