> **Continuous deployment** (**CD**) is a [software engineering approach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_process "Software development process") in which software functionalities are delivered frequently through automated [deployments](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_deployment "Software deployment").[[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_deployment#cite_note-1) ## See also - [[CICD|CI/CD]] - [[Continuous Integration]] --- ## References - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_deployment - [Shipping to Production](https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/shipping-to-production?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&s=r) by [[Gergely Orosz]] - Monzo: [deploying to production over 100 times a day](https://monzo.com/blog/2022/05/16/how-we-deploy-to-production-over-100-times-a-day) (2022) - Wayfair: [increasing deployment frequency 5x in 2 years](https://www.aboutwayfair.com/careers/tech-blog/how-wayfair-tech-increased-deploy-frequency-490-in-2-5-years) (2021) - Funda: [release automation](https://blog.funda.nl/release-automation-solved/) (2021)  - Harness: [building & releasing to deployment environments](https://harness.io/blog/continuous-delivery/deployment-environments/) (2021) - LinkedIn: [learnings on continuous deployment](https://engineering.linkedin.com/blog/2019/learnings-from-the-journey-to-continuous-deployment) (2019) - Honeycomb CTO Charity Majors: [I test in production](https://increment.com/testing/i-test-in-production/) (2019) - Up Bank: [continuous delivery](https://medium.com/upbanking/continuous-delivery-at-up-dad0a7476d7a) (2018) - Facebook: [rapid release at massive scale](https://engineering.fb.com/2017/08/31/web/rapid-release-at-massive-scale/) (2017) - Uber: [deploying to daily, with confidence](https://eng.uber.com/micro-deploy-code/) (2016) - The Guardian: [adopting continuous delivery](https://www.theguardian.com/info/developer-blog/2015/jan/05/delivering-continuous-delivery-continuously) (2015)